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

2020 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN U S Fire season in the West can stretch from late spring until seasonal winter rains and snow arrive Climate change has made recent warmer and drier, intensifying some natural fire cycles

* Wildfire Smoke Shrouds the U
S
 West (Image from Aug 20, 2020; Posted Aug 20, 2020)
    https://earthobservatory
nasa
gov/images/147151/wildfire-smoke-shrouds-the-us-west/?src=nha

-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

DERECHO IN THE MIDWEST In early August, intense windstorms swept through portions of the Midwestern United States causing damage to crops and property

* Derecho Flattens Iowa Corn (Image from Aug 11, 2020; Posted Aug 20, 2020)
    https://earthobservatory
nasa
gov/images/147154/derecho-flattens-iowa-corn/?src=nha

-- TEMPERATURE EXTREMES (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

HEAT AND DROUGHT IN THE SOUTHWEST The summer of 2020 brought intense drought and record-breaking heat to parts of the southwestern United States

* Extreme Heat in Death Valley (Image from Aug 16, 2020; Posted Aug 20, 2020)
    https://earthobservatory
nasa
gov/images/147148/extreme-heat-in-death-valley/?src=nha

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