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-- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

MYRTLE FIRE IN SOUTH DAKOTA
A Forest Service vehicle ignited a fire near Wind Cave National Park that spread rapidly before being contained five days later.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78739&src=nha
 *** ALI(EO-1) image from Jul 28, 2012 (Posted on Aug 02, 2012 3:48 PM)



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

TYPHOON SAOLA
Saola formed as a tropical depression over the western Pacific Ocean in late July and soon strengthened into a typhoon.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78737&src=nha
 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 02, 2012 (Posted on Aug 02, 2012 3:02 PM)



-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 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.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78749&src=nha
 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 30, 2012 (Posted on Aug 02, 2012 5:26 PM)

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