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

2019 FIRE SEASON IN ALASKA AND CANADA Warming global climate has brought longer and sometimes more dramatic fire seasons to the forests of Alaska and Canada

* An EPIC View of Smoke Over Canada (Image from May 30, 2019; Posted May 31, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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-- FLOODS (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

FLOODING IN THE MISSISSIPPI WATERSHED 2019 Several seasons of heavy rain and snowfall set the stage for widespread flooding along the Mississippi River and its tributaries

* Flooding Along the Arkansas River (Image from May 28, 2019; Posted May 29, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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-- DROUGHT (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

DROUGHT IN AFRICA Parts of Africa have long faced bouts of drought, when rainy seasons fail to deliver much water for crops and livestock

* Food Crisis Grows from Dry Soils (Image from Apr 30, 2019; Posted May 30, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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gov/images/145116/food-crisis-grows-from-dry-soils/?src=nha

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