[nh-weekly] 17 March 2014 -- Natural Hazards Updates

 
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Date: March 17th 2014

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The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days

-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

DUST STORM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES A passing cold front kicked up a wall of dust that blew through northern Texas on March 11, 2014 * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=83333&src=nha * MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 11, 2014 (Posted on Mar 12, 2014 1:12 PM)

-- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

FLOODING IN BOLIVIA Severe flooding along the Beni and Mamore Rivers has affected tens of thousands of people in northern Bolivia * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=83346&src=nha * MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 17, 2014 (Posted on Mar 13, 2014 6:07 PM)

-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

ERUPTION OF SINABUNG VOLCANO, INDONESIA Until 2010, Indonesia's Sinabung volcano was dormant, with no confirmed eruptions in the historical record A brief burst of activity in August and September 2010 caused the temporary evacuation of about 30,000 nearby residents Just three years later, fresh gas and ash plumes marked the arrival of a new series of eruptions that have continued into early March, 2014 * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=83314&src=nha * OLI(Landsat 8) image from Mar 06, 2014 (Posted on Mar 11, 2014 1:53 PM)


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