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Heavy rains over an 8-day span from the 12th through the 20th of April2004, brought widespread flooding to the Sylhet region in northeasternBangladesh when the Surma and Kushiyara rivers crested above flood stage.The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA)at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center monitors rainfall over the globaltropics. MPA rainfall totals for the period 12-20 April 2004 show almost2 feet of rain (darkest red areas) fell over the Khasi Hills, foothills ofthe Himalayan Mountains, in the northeastern Indian providences of Assamand Meghalaya. A widespread area of 8-inch rainfall extends from easternBangladesh through northeastern Indian and over northern Myanmar (Burma).Such heavy rainfall this time of the year is unusual as the typical rainyseason runs from June to September.
TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA.
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Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC).
