FIRES IN GREECE
Aided by strong winds, forest fires burned out of control in Greece in August 2009. The largest fire burned on the outskirts of Athens.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39913&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 22, 2009 (Posted on Aug 24, 2009 12:20 PM)
FIRES IN EASTERN RUSSIA
Intense fires burning in the boreal forests of northeastern Russia, Alaska, and Canada in July 2009 filled Arctic skies with smoke.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39833&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 16, 2009 (Posted on Aug 17, 2009 2:13 PM)
HURRICANE BILL
Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season on August 17.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39894&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 22, 2009 (Posted on Aug 23, 2009 9:16 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39879&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 20, 2009 (Posted on Aug 20, 2009 4:24 PM)
TYPHOON VAMCO
Typhoon Vamco built into a powerful storm as it tracked north across the Pacific in August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39868&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 20, 2009 (Posted on Aug 20, 2009 9:24 AM)
HURRICANE BILL
Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season on August 17.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39861&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 19, 2009 (Posted on Aug 19, 2009 3:42 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39855&src=nha
*** (TRMM) image from Aug 17, 2009 (Posted on Aug 18, 2009 5:30 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39851&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 18, 2009 (Posted on Aug 18, 2009 5:12 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39848&src=nha
*** (GOES) image from Aug 17, 2009 (Posted on Aug 18, 2009 4:24 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39845&src=nha
*** (TRMM) image from Aug 17, 2009 (Posted on Aug 17, 2009 6:36 PM)
SMOKE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Fires in British Columbia smothered parts of that province as well as Washington state with thick smoke on August 19, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39874&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 19, 2009 (Posted on Aug 20, 2009 3:50 PM)
DUST OVER IRAQ AND KUWAIT
Thick clouds of dust blew from the agricultural lands between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers in Iraq on August 15, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39839&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 15, 2009 (Posted on Aug 17, 2009 2:56 PM)
DUST STORM IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT
Dust plumes formed over the Taklimakan Desert in mid-August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39835&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 15, 2009 (Posted on Aug 17, 2009 2:26 PM)
FLOODS IN NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN
Floods struck northwestern Pakistan in mid-August 2009. Some 70,000 to 80,000 people were affected as floods destroyed homes, killed livestock, and swept away stored grain.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39857&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 13, 2009 (Posted on Aug 19, 2009 1:30 PM)
VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AT KILAUEA'S SUMMIT
A faint plume blew southward from the Halema'uma'u Overlook vent on the Kilauea Volcano on August 19, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39885&src=nha
*** ALI(EO-1) image from Aug 19, 2009 (Posted on Aug 21, 2009 2:51 PM)
Aided by strong winds, forest fires burned out of control in Greece in August 2009. The largest fire burned on the outskirts of Athens.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39913&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 22, 2009 (Posted on Aug 24, 2009 12:20 PM)
FIRES IN EASTERN RUSSIA
Intense fires burning in the boreal forests of northeastern Russia, Alaska, and Canada in July 2009 filled Arctic skies with smoke.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39833&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 16, 2009 (Posted on Aug 17, 2009 2:13 PM)
HURRICANE BILL
Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season on August 17.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39894&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 22, 2009 (Posted on Aug 23, 2009 9:16 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39879&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 20, 2009 (Posted on Aug 20, 2009 4:24 PM)
TYPHOON VAMCO
Typhoon Vamco built into a powerful storm as it tracked north across the Pacific in August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39868&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 20, 2009 (Posted on Aug 20, 2009 9:24 AM)
HURRICANE BILL
Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season on August 17.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39861&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 19, 2009 (Posted on Aug 19, 2009 3:42 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39855&src=nha
*** (TRMM) image from Aug 17, 2009 (Posted on Aug 18, 2009 5:30 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39851&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 18, 2009 (Posted on Aug 18, 2009 5:12 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39848&src=nha
*** (GOES) image from Aug 17, 2009 (Posted on Aug 18, 2009 4:24 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39845&src=nha
*** (TRMM) image from Aug 17, 2009 (Posted on Aug 17, 2009 6:36 PM)
SMOKE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Fires in British Columbia smothered parts of that province as well as Washington state with thick smoke on August 19, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39874&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 19, 2009 (Posted on Aug 20, 2009 3:50 PM)
DUST OVER IRAQ AND KUWAIT
Thick clouds of dust blew from the agricultural lands between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers in Iraq on August 15, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39839&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 15, 2009 (Posted on Aug 17, 2009 2:56 PM)
DUST STORM IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT
Dust plumes formed over the Taklimakan Desert in mid-August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39835&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 15, 2009 (Posted on Aug 17, 2009 2:26 PM)
FLOODS IN NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN
Floods struck northwestern Pakistan in mid-August 2009. Some 70,000 to 80,000 people were affected as floods destroyed homes, killed livestock, and swept away stored grain.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39857&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 13, 2009 (Posted on Aug 19, 2009 1:30 PM)
VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AT KILAUEA'S SUMMIT
A faint plume blew southward from the Halema'uma'u Overlook vent on the Kilauea Volcano on August 19, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39885&src=nha
*** ALI(EO-1) image from Aug 19, 2009 (Posted on Aug 21, 2009 2:51 PM)
