Date: December 20th 2006

The following sections were updated since 19 December 2006

-- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

EAST AFRICA GREENS UP FROM HEAVY RAINS After devastating drought in 2005, eastern Africa experienced heavy rains and flooding during the 2006 "short rains" season that usually lasts from around October until December * http://naturalhazards nasa gov/shownh php3?img_id=14039 * MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 30 2006 (Posted on Dec 19 2006 9:14AM)

-- DUST AND SMOKE (3 updated events, 3 new images) --

DUST OFF PAKISTAN Plumes of dust blew off the coasts of Pakistan and Iran and over the Arabian Sea in these images, taken in November and December 2006 * http://naturalhazards nasa gov/shownh php3?img_id=14044 * MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 20 2006 (Posted on Dec 20 2006 1:15PM)

HAZE ALONG THE HIMALAYA Haze hugged the southern side of the Himalayas in late November 2006 Haze remained in the area the following month * http://naturalhazards nasa gov/shownh php3?img_id=14038 * MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 16 2006 (Posted on Dec 19 2006 12:40PM)

HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA Haze clouded the skies over eastern China in late November and December 2006 Pollution levels reached the highest category in the nation's environmental monitoring index in mid-November and spiked again in December * http://naturalhazards nasa gov/shownh php3?img_id=14042 * MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 20 2006 (Posted on Dec 20 2006 12:32PM)

-- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

FIRES IN NORTHEASTERN TASMANIA Several houses were destroyed by bushfires in mid-December 2006 in northeast Tasmania This image shows a large fire south of St Marys on December 13 * http://naturalhazards nasa gov/shownh php3?img_id=14037 * MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 13 2006 (Posted on Dec 19 2006 3:53PM)

FIRES IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA Throughout December 2006, bushfires sweeping over Victoria filled the skies with smoke * http://naturalhazards nasa gov/shownh php3?img_id=14043 * MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 20 2006 (Posted on Dec 20 2006 12:58PM)

-- STORM (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

POWERFUL WINDSTORM IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Oregon and Washington State suffered the worst windstorm in a decade on December 14, 2006 * http://naturalhazards nasa gov/shownh php3?img_id=14045 * MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 15 2006 (Posted on Dec 20 2006 1:11PM)

EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES NEAR ICELAND Although tropical storms most often come to mind, these spiraling storms can also form at mid- and high latitudes Two such cyclones formed in tandem in November 2006 * http://naturalhazards nasa gov/shownh php3?img_id=14041 * MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 20 2006 (Posted on Dec 20 2006 10:59AM)

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