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NASA's precipitation satellite captures a 3-D view of Hurricane Matthew.

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When Hurricane Matthew made landfall, it became the first Category 4 hurricane to hit Haiti in over 50 years.

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NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite flew directly over the storm,

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which gave clues to understanding the storm's behavior.

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Red shows intense rainfall and green shows less rain.

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Blue is frozen precipitation.

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Heavy rainfall was seen in the center, which indicated the storm had a lot of heat energy

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and would therefore remain active and not weaken.

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The top of the storm was about 8 miles high.

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GPM can monitor hurricanes as they change state.

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The satellite can also show the entire history of rainfall along the storm's path.

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This is when the storm began to rapidly intensify from a Category 1 to Category 5 hurricane in less than 24 hours.

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As the eye moved away, the outer rainbands caused further intense rain.

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When the storm made landfall on Haiti, over 20 inches of rainfall is estimated to have fallen.

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GPM observations from space will help scientists

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to better understand where and how storms develop.

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