-- FIRES (4 updated events, 4 new images) --
LOCKHEED FIRE, SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS
On August 12, 2009, the Lockheed Fire broke out in the mountains southwest of San Jose, California, and burned through an estimated 2,600 acres of brush and timber by the morning of August 14.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39817&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 13, 2009 (Posted on Aug 14, 2009 2:09 PM)
FIRES IN CALIFORNIA
A large wildfire was burning in the Los Padres National Forest northwest of Santa Barbara, California, in mid-August 2009. Farther north, a wildfire near Santa Cruz forced more than 2,000 people to evacuate their homes.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39783&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 12, 2009 (Posted on Aug 13, 2009 5:36 PM)
WILDFIRE AT OKANAGAN LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA
British Columbia, Canada, was experiencing extremely dry conditions in July 2009, and hot, dry weather was predicted to continue. Those conditions set the stage for a large fire that broke out northwest of Kelowna in mid-July.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39781&src=nha
*** ALI(EO-1) image from Aug 09, 2009 (Posted on Aug 13, 2009 4:57 PM)
FIRES IN INTERIOR ALASKA
"Lightning season" in interior Alaska peaks in late June and early July. Numerous lightning-triggered fires continued to burn in August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39763&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 09, 2009 (Posted on Aug 11, 2009 3:16 PM)
-- SEVERE STORMS (3 updated events, 3 new images) --
TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE
The fourth tropical depression of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season matured into Tropical Storm Claudette around noon (Eastern Standard Time) on Sunday, August 16.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39823&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 16, 2009 (Posted on Aug 17, 2009 9:01 AM)
HURRICANE GUILLERMO
Guillermo formed on August 12 about 1,085 kilometers (675 miles) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California and grew into a weak hurricane as it tracked west over the Pacific Ocean.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39790&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 13, 2009 (Posted on Aug 14, 2009 12:08 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=39747&src=nha
*** MPA(TRMM) image from Aug 03, 2009 (Posted on Aug 10, 2009 2:48 PM)
-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) --
DUST STORM IN ARGENTINA
Thick plumes of dust blew from the exposed shore of Argentina's Laguna Mar Chiquita on August 16, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39827&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 16, 2009 (Posted on Aug 17, 2009 1:43 PM)
SMOKE FROM FIRES IN RUSSIA AND ALASKA
Intense fires burning in the boreal forests of northern Russia, Alaska, and Canada darkened Northern skies with smoke in July and August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39767&src=nha
*** OMI(Aura) image from Aug 01, 2009 (Posted on Aug 12, 2009 4:20 PM)
-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (3 updated events, 3 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=39821&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 14, 2009 (Posted on Aug 14, 2009 4:24 PM)
PLUME FROM BAGANA
Bagana Volcano on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea released a faint plume in early August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39753&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 09, 2009 (Posted on Aug 10, 2009 4:20 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=39750&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 09, 2009 (Posted on Aug 10, 2009 2:51 PM)
-- CROPS AND DROUGHT (3 updated events, 3 new images) --
DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY
By the end of July 2009, California was well into its third dry year in a row.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39810&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 12, 2009 (Posted on Aug 14, 2009 1:45 PM)
DROUGHT ON THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE
Regional drought hit farmers on the Canadian prairie during the critical period in which grains are planted and begin to develop in the spring and early summer of 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39773&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 26, 2009 (Posted on Aug 13, 2009 1:00 PM)
DROUGHT IN TEXAS
Extreme drought settled over southern Texas in the summer of 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39756&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 12, 2009 (Posted on Aug 10, 2009 4:34 PM)
