Heavy rains in India
Heavy rains associated with a storm flattend India's southeast region, including Chennai city of Tamilnadu district. Remote areas received heavy damage from floods, including a killer train accident occurred near Valigonda city of Andhra Pradesh (mark as a red + on the image). Train crashed into a river, after the track washed away by flood. Image shows these intensive rains recorded within last 7 days. Authorities say about 100 people or more killed by the train disaster, apart from about another 100 deaths caused by flood. Satellite data based image shows heavy rains in purple color (over 500 mm within the 7 days). These rainfall data are coming from TRMM satellite, which is a joint project of the USA and Japan. TRMM data are useful to monitor rainfall conditions in remote areas and over oceans.