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-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
CYCLONES LAM AND MARCIA BATTER AUSTRALIA
Two potent storms hit northern Australia within six hours on February 19, 2015.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85335&src=nha *** Image from Feb 19, 2015 (Posted on Feb 20, 2015 2:46 PM)
-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (3 updated events, 3 new images) --
COLIMA VOLCANO ERUPTS
An ash plume billows above one of Mexico's most active volcanoes.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85346&src=nha *** Image from Feb 08, 2015 (Posted on Feb 23, 2015 9:59 AM)
ERUPTION AT CHIKURACHKI VOLCANO, KURIL ISLANDS, RUSSIA
In mid-February 2015, the stratovolcano awoke after seven years of slumber.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85321&src=nha *** Image from Feb 17, 2015 (Posted on Feb 17, 2015 4:54 PM)
LAVA AND SNOW ON KLYUCHEVSKAYA VOLCANO
Klyuchevskaya Volcano continued emit steam, ash, and lava in 2013.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85328&src=nha *** Image from Feb 19, 2015 (Posted on Feb 19, 2015 4:51 PM)
-- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
DROUGHT IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
Drought plagued California and much of the American Southwest for three years.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85349&src=nha *** Image from Jan 01, 2015 (Posted on Feb 23, 2015 1:24 PM)
-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
HYDROGEN SULFIDE ERUPTIONS IN NAMIBIA
Bacteria near the seafloor consume organic matter and produce prodigious amounts of gas that rises to the surface.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85338&src=nha *** Image from Feb 15, 2015 (Posted on Feb 20, 2015 2:57 PM)
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