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-- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

WILDFIRES ACROSS CALIFORNIA The 2018 wildfire season in North America is well under way, with blazes having burned more acres than average through the end of July

* Smoke Plumes Tower Over California (Image from Aug 6, 2018; Posted Aug 10, 2018)
    https://earthobservatory
nasa
gov/images/92570/smoke-plumes-tower-over-california/?src=nha

-- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

HURRICANE HECTOR HEADS TOWARD HAWAII A category 4 storm could send large and dangerous waves to the Big Island on in early August 2018

* Hurricane Hector Heads Toward Hawaii (Image from Aug 6, 2018; Posted Aug 7, 2018)
    https://earthobservatory
nasa
gov/images/92577/hurricane-hector-heads-toward-hawaii/?src=nha

TYPHOON SHANSHAN APPROACHES JAPAN A strong typhoon is projected to make landfall near Tokyo in August 2018, bringing rains to a country already hit by torrential flooding this summer

* Typhoon Shanshan Approaches Japan (Image from Aug 7, 2018; Posted Aug 7, 2018)
    https://earthobservatory
nasa
gov/images/92573/typhoon-shanshan-approaches-japan/?src=nha

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