I was reading an article on NHK News Web Easy and came across the following
sentence:

> いつもの年の8月に降る雨と同じか2倍ぐらいの雨が、24時間に降りました。

I think the sentence means something like "Around 2x August's usual amount of
rain fell in 24 hours."

But I can't break down the meaning of the individual parts of the sentence
very well, and I am particularly confused as to the meaning of と同じか.

I think と同じ means "the same as", so いつもの年の８月に降る雨と同じ would mean "The same as
the usual yearly August rain", and then ２倍ぐらいの雨が "rain of around two times
(that)", but how か connects these two clauses eludes me.
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What is the meaning of か in this context (と同じか)?
The `か` here carries the meaning of `or`.

`同じか２倍` can be broken down into `同じ` (same), `か` (or, in this case), and `２倍`
(double). Therefore, it can be interpreted as "Around the same, or double the
amount of rainfall [...]"
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