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 Date:
August 10, 2003
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Title: Typhoon Etau Sweeps Across Japan
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Description: Typhoon Etau severely impacted the nation of Japan
over the weekend of August 9-10 as the storm tracked northeastward
across the island chain. The storm was ranked a Typhoon 3 (sustained
winds of 126 mph) prior to landfall, with reports of gusts to 150
mph and ocean waves in excess of 30 feet. The typhoon produced numerous
casualties, disrupted power facilities and shut down Al Nippon,
the national airline of Japan. Locally torrential rains, with reports
exceeding 12 inches, generated numerous mudslides. This image shows
the arc of rainfall produced during the storm's passage over Japan's
mountainous islands, from August 4-10. The rainmap was produced
using the TRMM-based Multi-Satellite Precipitation Analysis product
at the Goddard Space Flight Center. Local rainfall amounts approaching
12 inches (dark red colors) are shown in the analysis.
The
Tropical Rainfall Measurement
Mission (TRMM) satellite is a joint mission between NASA and
the Japanese space agency, NASDA.
Credit:
Image and movie courtesy Hal Pierce, TRMM
Project, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Caption:
Courtesy of NASA
Earth Observatory
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