The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days.
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-- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) --
TYPHOON SAOLA
Saola formed as a tropical depression over the western Pacific Ocean in late July and soon strengthened into a typhoon.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78712&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 30, 2012 (Posted on Jul 30, 2012 12:21 PM)
TYPHOON VICENTE
Vicente formed over the western Pacific Ocean in late July 2012 and dropped heavy rain on the Philippines before reaching Hong Kong.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78641&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 23, 2012 (Posted on Jul 23, 2012 2:40 PM)
-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (3 updated events, 3 new images) --
DUST STORM IN ARGENTINA
Dust plumes blew northward from Argentina's Laguna Mar Chiquita in late July 2012.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78715&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 29, 2012 (Posted on Jul 30, 2012 1:48 PM)
DUST OVER THE RED SEA
Dust blew from the coast of Sudan across the Red Sea in late July 2012.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78702&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 26, 2012 (Posted on Jul 27, 2012 1:32 PM)
ATLANTIC DUST STORM
Event caption to come
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78638&src=nha *** OMPS(Suomi NPP) image from Jul 21, 2012 (Posted on Jul 23, 2012 2:29 PM)
-- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
KRYMSK, KRASNODAR REGION, SOUTHERN RUSSIA
On the night of July 7, 2012, a major storm dumped more than a foot (30 centimeters) of water on the Krasnodar area of southern Russia.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78692&src=nha *** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Jul 10, 2012 (Posted on Jul 26, 2012 4:56 PM)
-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 2 new images) --
MELTING AND GLACIER CALVING IN GREENLAND
A new chunk of Petermann Glacier broke off in July 2012, two years after another large ice island was launched. In the same week, the surface of the Greenland ice sheet experienced unusually widespread melting and some flooding along rivers.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78685&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from May 31, 2012 (Posted on Jul 26, 2012 2:39 PM)
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78648&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jul 21, 2012 (Posted on Jul 23, 2012 4:46 PM)
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