In a recent report, American space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has called Kerala floods the worst natural disaster the region has faced since 1924, terming it a ‘once-in-a-century’ event.

NASA also released an animation created using satellite data to show the rainfall accumulation over several parts of Asia, with South-East Asia also receiving heavy rains between the 19 July to 18 August period.

Here is a representation by NASA of the extreme rainfall which befell Kerala: