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-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

DUST PLUME OVER THE SAHARA DESERT
A dust storm blew through the Sahara Desert in late April 2013.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81004&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 24, 2013 (Posted on Apr 26, 2013 1:05 PM)



-- FLOODS (1 updated events, 2 new images) --

FLOODING IN THE U.S. MIDWEST
A week of heavy rains caused flooding in multiple Midwestern states in April 2013.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80977&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 21, 2013 (Posted on Apr 23, 2013 11:28 AM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80964&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 20, 2013 (Posted on Apr 22, 2013 3:07 PM)



-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION AT PALUWEH VOLCANO
A recent eruption covered much of Indonesia's Paluweh Volcano in ash.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80987&src=nha
*** ALI(EO-1) image from Apr 19, 2013 (Posted on Apr 25, 2013 12:15 PM)

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