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NASA’s GPM Sat Records Deadly ‘1000 Year’ Rain Devastating South Carolina from Nor’easter and Joaquin
Video Caption: NASA/JAXA’s GPM satellite measured record rainfall that fell over the Carolinas from September 26 to October 5, 2015 from a plume of moisture from Hurricane Joaquin when it was located over the Bahamas and moved to Bermuda. The IMERG showed highest rainfall totals near 1,000 mm (39.3 inches) in a small area of South Carolina and rainfall between 700 and 900 mm (27.5 and 37.4 inches) over a large area of South Carolina. Credits: SSAI/NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce
See below ground level images and videos of storm devastation
NASA’s advanced Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) weather satellite is tracking and recording the ‘1000 Year’ rainfall heaping death and devastation across wide areas of South Carolina from the combined actions of a freak Nor’easter and Hurricane Joaquin – that reached a borderline Cat 5 status on Saturday, Oct. 3 with winds of 150 mph.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley declared the historic and torrential rain fall to be a “1000 Year event” on Sunday, Oct. 4. “We have never seen anything like this.” Governor Haley and President Obama issued a “State of Emergency.” (…)
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Post tags: 1000 Year Rain event in South Carolina, Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite, GPM, Hurricane Joaquin, NASA, Natural Disasters, South Carolina flood, weather satellite
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