EarthObservatory.NASA.gov | Headlines - Augusts 31, 2009

-- FIRES (1 updated events, 3 new images) --

FIRES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Wildfires raged in Los Angeles County in late August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40011&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 30, 2009 (Posted on Aug 31, 2009 1:48 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40000&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 29, 2009 (Posted on Aug 30, 2009 2:00 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39997&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 29, 2009 (Posted on Aug 29, 2009 9:03 PM)



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

HURRICANE JIMENA
Hurricane Jimena headed toward the Baja Peninsula as a Category 4 hurricane on August 30, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40002&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 30, 2009 (Posted on Aug 31, 2009 8:38 AM)



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

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=39995&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 28, 2009 (Posted on Aug 28, 2009 3:53 PM)