A map of rainfall totals between May 1 and May 3, 2010, shows a line of heavy rain following the path of severe thunderstorms across Tennessee and Kentucky.
Published May 5, 2010
This image shows rainfall estimates for northwestern Turkey and the surrounding region from September 2 to September 9, 2009. The lightest amounts appear in pale green, and the heaviest amounts appear in blue.
Published Sep 11, 2009
Africa’s Sahel region, a margin of semi-arid grassland around the southern limit of the Sahara Desert, gets most of its rainfall between June and September. In 2007, the final months of the rainy season brought unusually heavy rainfall to much of the Sahel and the tropical savannas to its south, causing floods in river basins from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean coasts of the continent.
Published Sep 26, 2007
This color-coded map shows rainfall amounts over Central and South America from November 25 to December 1, 2010.
Published Dec 8, 2010
This color-coded map shows rainfall amounts in Malaysia and Indonesia from December 24, 2012, to January 6, 2013.
Published Jan 8, 2013
This color-coded map shows approximate rainfall amounts over Japan, where unprecedented floods struck some areas in early July 2012.
Published Jul 13, 2012
