Myanmar and Bangladesh continue to see staggering amounts of rainfall as a tropical low pressure system that formed in the Bay of Bengal spins overhead, seemingly intent on taking up permanent residence in the area. A specialized NASA satellite detected rainfall rates of nearly 6 inches per hour when it passed overhead on July 30.

The Global Precipitation Measurement Mission scanned the storm to produce a 3D view, finding that some of the storm tops were nearly 10 miles up, or about 50,000 feet high. At that time, the storm was known as Tropical Storm Komen, but that storm has since dissipated into a tropical low.

Myanmar has received the brunt of the rainfall, with reported totals of 32 inches of rain in just a three-day period from July 24 through 26 in the coastal city of Chittagong, according to The Weather Channel. Other areas have seen more than 40 inches of rain in one week's time, which exceed's the typical monthly total.

NASA satellite view of the towering rainclouds in Tropical Storm Komen on July 30, 2015. Image: NASA GPM

To put that into perspective, 40 inches of rain is about double the surface rainfall deficit of the state of California, which is in the midst of its worst drought in modern history.

More than 100,000 people have been displaced and at least 20 have been killed, according to the Irrawaddy, a publication that covers Myanmar. The floods have prompted Myanmar's president to declare several parts of the country disaster zones, the Associated Press reported.

Absolutely massive depression over Bangladesh has moved little. 7-day rainfall totals over 40 inches (1000mm). pic.twitter.com/DqUTV5VmuQ — Anthony Sagliani (@anthonywx) July 31, 2015

The forecast of additional rainfall to come is raising fears of a larger scale crisis as rivers rise in the two low-lying countries. Bangladesh is extremely susceptible to flooding, with past tropical cyclones having killed tens of thousands through coastal and inland flooding. Myanmar, located to the east of Bangladesh, is also vulnerable to such storms.

While Tropical Storm Komen was never particularly intense, its circulation has swept copious amounts of moisture inland from the warm waters of the Bay of Bengal.