FIRES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in British Columbia in the first week of August 2009 because of hundreds of forest fires.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39671&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 04, 2009 (Posted on Aug 04, 2009 11:57 AM)
FIRES IN INTERIOR ALASKA
"Lightning season" in interior Alaska peaks in late June and early July. In the first week of July 2009, numerous lightning-triggered fires were burning southwest of Fairbanks.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39668&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 03, 2009 (Posted on Aug 04, 2009 11:38 AM)
TYPHOON MORAKOT
Typhoon Morakot became a Category 2 storm before moving over Taiwan on August 7, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39741&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 09, 2009 (Posted on Aug 10, 2009 1:03 PM)
HURRICANE FELICIA
Hurricane Felicia became a dangerous Category 4 hurricane as it tracked west across the Pacific Ocean in August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39738&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 08, 2009 (Posted on Aug 10, 2009 10:26 AM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39733&src=nha
*** (QuikSCAT) image from Aug 06, 2009 (Posted on Aug 07, 2009 3:10 PM)
TYPHOON MORAKOT
Typhoon Morakot became a Category 2 storm before moving over Taiwan on August 7, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39731&src=nha
*** (QuikSCAT) image from Aug 06, 2009 (Posted on Aug 07, 2009 2:23 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39720&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 07, 2009 (Posted on Aug 07, 2009 9:00 AM)
HURRICANE FELICIA
Hurricane Felicia became a dangerous Category 4 hurricane as it tracked west across the Pacific Ocean in August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39708&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 05, 2009 (Posted on Aug 06, 2009 10:05 AM)
TROPICAL STORM ENRIQUE
Tropical Storm Enrique and Hurricane Felicia formed near each other and tracked west together across the Pacific Ocean in early August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39693&src=nha
*** (TRMM) image from Aug 04, 2009 (Posted on Aug 05, 2009 1:32 PM)
SUMMER HAZE IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
Though air quality was good to moderate along the Eastern seaboard on August 4, 2009, light summer haze settled over the region.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39684&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 04, 2009 (Posted on Aug 05, 2009 12:48 PM)
FLOODS IN NORTHEASTERN INDIA
The northeastern Indian state of Bihar experienced severe flooding in early August 2009, leaving thousands of residents homeless.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39646&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 01, 2009 (Posted on Aug 03, 2009 3:51 PM)
PLUME FROM DUKONO
Dukono, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Halmahera, released a plume of ash and steam in early May 2009. This pattern of intermittent activity continued through early August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39713&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 04, 2009 (Posted on Aug 06, 2009 12:53 PM)
PLUME FROM RABAUL VOLCANO
Rabaul Volcano on the northeastern end of New Britain released plumes of volcanic ash and/or steam in early April 2009. The volcano continued low-level eruptive activity for months afterward.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39696&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 04, 2009 (Posted on Aug 05, 2009 2:13 PM)
ACTIVITY AT SHIVELUCH VOLCANO
The Shiveluch Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula released small plumes in May and June 2009. The volcano remained active in July, producing a small lava flow.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39666&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 03, 2009 (Posted on Aug 03, 2009 4:39 PM)
BLOOM IN THE NORWEGIAN SEA
A brilliant summer phytoplankton bloom developed in the waters of the Norwegian Sea in August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39703&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 04, 2009 (Posted on Aug 05, 2009 5:19 PM)
