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-- FIRES (1 updated events, 2 new images) --
SEASONAL FIRES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Hundreds of land-management fires burned throughout southern Africa at the end of the dry season in September 2010.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45813&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 15, 2010 (Posted on Sep 15, 2010 5:32 PM)
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45799&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 15, 2010 (Posted on Sep 15, 2010 2:15 PM)
-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
TYPHOON FANAPI
Fanapi strengthened from a tropical depression to a tropical storm on September 15, 2010. The following day, Fanapi strengthened into a typhoon.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45821&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 16, 2010 (Posted on Sep 16, 2010 1:08 PM)
-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
DUST PLUMES OFF WESTERN AFRICA
Multicolored dust plumes blew off the coast of western Africa in mid-September 2010.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45805&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 15, 2010 (Posted on Sep 15, 2010 3:07 PM)
-- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
FLOODING IN PAKISTAN
Widespread and heavy monsoon rains in July and August 2010 led to deadly flooding in Pakistan.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45808&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 10, 2010 (Posted on Sep 15, 2010 3:51 PM)
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