FIRES IN NORTHWESTERN INDIA
Agricultural fires burned in northwestern India in late October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40971&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 01, 2009 (Posted on Nov 02, 2009 12:36 PM)
OIL FIRE IN INDIA
An intense fire broke out at an oil depot in western India on October 29, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40956&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 30, 2009 (Posted on Oct 30, 2009 10:39 AM)
-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) --
TROPICAL STORM MIRINAE
Tropical Storm 23 strengthened to a named storm, Mininae, in late October 2009. Initially located northwest of Guam, the storm was expected to strengthen further to a typhoon and head toward the Philippines.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40954&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 30, 2009 (Posted on Oct 30, 2009 9:06 AM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40928&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 27, 2009 (Posted on Oct 27, 2009 1:08 PM)
-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (5 updated events, 6 new images) --
GLACIAL DUST OFF ALASKA
Fine dust blew over the Gulf of Alaska on October 29, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40973&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 30, 2009 (Posted on Nov 02, 2009 1:07 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40965&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 29, 2009 (Posted on Oct 30, 2009 5:17 PM)
HAZE OVER INDIA
Haze built over the Ganges Plain along the front of the Himalaya Mountains in late October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40946&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 29, 2009 (Posted on Oct 29, 2009 4:11 PM)
HAZE OVER CHINA
Thick haze covered eastern China on October 28, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40941&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 28, 2009 (Posted on Oct 28, 2009 1:31 PM)
DUST STORM IN NORTH CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
A dust storm blew across Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia in late October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40938&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 26, 2009 (Posted on Oct 27, 2009 2:45 PM)
FIRE AT FUEL STORAGE FACILITY IN PUERTO RICO
A fire at a fuel storage facility in Puerto Rico billowed brownish smoke over the Caribbean Sea in late October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40920&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 23, 2009 (Posted on Oct 26, 2009 3:22 PM)
-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
ASH EMISSIONS AT NEVADO DEL HUILA
Volcanic tremors and emissions of ash have affected Colombia’s Nevado del Huila Volcano since October 16, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40949&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 28, 2009 (Posted on Oct 29, 2009 4:13 PM)
-- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
DROUGHT IN AFRICA
Rain came late in East Africa’s March-to-June rainy season and little fell. Following on the heels of a poor rainy season in 2008, the ensuing drought caused food and water shortages.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40959&src=nha
*** AVHRR(NOAA-17 POES) image from Jul 21, 2009 (Posted on Oct 30, 2009 12:23 PM)
-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (2 updated events, 2 new images) --
OIL SLICK IN THE TIMOR SEA
An oil rig in the Timor Sea began leaking oil and gas on August 21, 2009, and fuel continued to spill into the sea in mid-September.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40944&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 28, 2009 (Posted on Oct 29, 2009 11:15 AM)
SPRING BLOOM IN NEW ZEALAND WATERS
The spring 2009 phytoplankton bloom off the east coast of New Zealand colored the waters shades of turquoise and green.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40924&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 25, 2009 (Posted on Oct 26, 2009 4:30 PM)
