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Tropical Storm Isidore

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2024-09-20 12:00:00
September 20, 2002

Hurricane Isidore, the second Atlantic hurricane of the 2002 season, battered parts of Cuba with 100 mph winds, 8-12 foot storm surge, and tremendous rainfall. This visualization depicts the overall rain structure of the storm. Yellow represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. Green shows at least 1.0 inch of rain, and red depicts more than 2.0 inches of rain per hour.

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Image by Lori Perkins, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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