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

AGRICULTURAL FIRES IN WEST AFRICA Widespread fires burned throughout West Africa during the agricultural burning season of early 2014 * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=83001&src=nha * MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 28, 2014 (Posted on Jan 30, 2014 1:46 PM)

BUSHFIRES IN SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA Extreme heat and strong winds fueled smoky grass fires in southeastern Australia in January 2014 * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=82987&src=nha * MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 28, 2014 (Posted on Jan 29, 2014 11:59 AM)

-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

SNOW IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES In January 2014, a storm dropped snow and freezing rain on a part of the United States unaccustomed to wintery weather * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=82994&src=nha * MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 29, 2014 (Posted on Jan 29, 2014 4:54 PM)

-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (5 updated events, 5 new images) --

UNDERWATER ERUPTION OF KAVACHI VOLCANO Kavachi Volcano, in the Solomon Islands, may be starting of a new cycle of island birth and death * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=83025&src=nha * ALI(EO-1) image from Jan 29, 2014 (Posted on Jan 31, 2014 4:15 PM)

ONGOING 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 late January, 2014 * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=82990&src=nha * ALI(EO-1) image from Jan 29, 2014 (Posted on Jan 29, 2014 2:52 PM)

MOUNT ETNA Mount Etna continues to experience the occasional paroxysm * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=82971&src=nha * ASTER(Terra) image from Jan 22, 2014 (Posted on Jan 28, 2014 2:01 PM)

ASHFALL FROM THE KARYMSKY VOLCANO Karymsky continues to emit ash after more than a decade of activity * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=82998&src=nha * ALI(EO-1) image from Jan 28, 2014 (Posted on Jan 29, 2014 5:37 PM)

NYAMURAGIRA VOLCANO ERUPTS Plumes of water vapor, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, fluorine, and chlorine gas escape from Africa's Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo Volcanoes * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=83029&src=nha * ASTER(Terra) image from Jan 29, 2014 (Posted on Jan 31, 2014 5:21 PM)

-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

SUPER BOWL XLVIII The American football championship was played in a cold weather site for the first time * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=83007&src=nha * ALI(EO-1) image from Jan 30, 2014 (Posted on Jan 31, 2014 12:17 PM)

DARK WATERS OFF BRAZIL An unusual bloom in the South Atlantic in January 2014 could be phytoplankton, protists, or a hybrid of the two * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=82968&src=nha * MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 19, 2014 (Posted on Jan 28, 2014 12:37 PM)

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