The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days

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

FIRES IN NEW ZEALAND A hot, dry summer was followed by bush fires near the New Zealand city of Nelson

* Fires Burn in Parched New Zealand (Image from Feb 7, 2019; Posted Feb 11, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

2018-19 WINTER IN THE UNITED STATES A gallery of notable cold snaps and snow and ice storms for the season

* Wild Winter Temperature Swings (Image from Feb 5, 2019; Posted Feb 6, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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-- FLOODS (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

FLOODING IN AUSTRALIA Persistent and severe rainfall brought widespread flooding to northeastern Australia early in 2019

* Summer Floods in Australia (Image from Feb 10, 2019; Posted Feb 11, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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ARGENTINA FLOODING January 2019 was an unusually wet month for northeastern Argentina

* Floods Soak Argentine Farmland (Image from Feb 4, 2019; Posted Feb 5, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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-- TEMPERATURE EXTREMES (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

ANNUAL GLOBAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS Scientists at NASA report each year on the long-term trend of rising air temperatures over Earth's land and sea surfaces The team assembles its analysis with publicly available data from roughly 6,300 meteorological stations, ship and buoy-based observations, and Antarctic research stations

* 2018 Was the Fourth Warmest Year, Continuing Long Warming Trend (Image from Dec 31, 2018; Posted Feb 6, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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-- LANDSLIDES (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

BIG SUR LANDSLIDE In spring 2017 a landslide closed Route 1 near Big Sur, California A second, larger landslide spilled debris into the ocean

* Drought then Deluge Turned a Stable Landslide into Disaster (Image from May 1, 2017; Posted Feb 7, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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New issue of EO Kids * Water, Water, Everywhere! In this issue EO Kids explores water all over the Earth, from glaciers to groundwater https://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/eokids/2019/01/31/water-water-everywhere/

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