This color-coded image shows precipitation amounts in the vicinity of Shanghai, Taiwan, and the East China Sea from May 19 to 25, 2010. Heaviest rain is blue and lightest rain is pale green.
This color-coded image shows rainfall amounts from June 15–21, 2010. Pockets of very heavy rain occur roughly 250 kilometers inland, near Taiwan and the Vietnam border.
Tropical Storm Nicole maintained tropical-storm status for only a matter of hours, but the storm nevertheless poured torrential rains on the island nation of Jamaica. The heavy rain led to flash floods and landslides, which proved especially deadly in shantytowns along unstable banks.