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Cherrapunji, India, saw nearly 100 inches of rain in two days 30 years ago

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Cherrapunji, India , recorded 98.15 inches of rain, or over 8 feet , from June 15-16, 1995 .

That's a world record for a 48-hour time period.

The area has an annual average rainfall of nearly 440 inches .

Monsoonal moisture from the Bay of Bengal glides over flatter Bangladesh and then ramming into the higher terrain.

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