-- FIRES (4 updated events, 4 new images) --
FIRES IN NORTH KOREA
Multiple fires burned in North Korea in mid-October 2009, sending a plume of smoke over the Sea of Japan.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40810&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 15, 2009 (Posted on Oct 16, 2009 4:47 PM)
FIRES IN SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA
Multiple fires burned in Western Australia, south of Perth, on October 16, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40795&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 16, 2009 (Posted on Oct 16, 2009 12:13 PM)
FIRES IN EASTERN AFRICA
Fires burned near the shores of three East African lakes in early October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40760&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 13, 2009 (Posted on Oct 14, 2009 12:56 PM)
FIRES IN SOUTH CENTRAL RUSSIA
Wildfires and/or agricultural fires burned in south Central Russia in early October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40726&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 10, 2009 (Posted on Oct 12, 2009 4:58 PM)
-- SEVERE STORMS (4 updated events, 7 new images) --
TYPHOON LUPIT
Lupit began as a tropical depression over the Western Pacific on October 14, 2009. By October 16, the storm had strengthened to a typhoon.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40829&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 19, 2009 (Posted on Oct 19, 2009 1:35 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40827&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 18, 2009 (Posted on Oct 19, 2009 1:31 PM)
HURRICANE RICK
Category 5 Hurricane Rick sprawled over the eastern Pacific in mid-October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40825&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 17, 2009 (Posted on Oct 19, 2009 12:39 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40822&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 18, 2009 (Posted on Oct 19, 2009 12:30 PM)
TYPHOON LUPIT
Lupit began as a tropical depression over the Western Pacific on October 14, 2009. By October 16, the storm had strengthened to a typhoon.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40792&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 16, 2009 (Posted on Oct 16, 2009 12:09 PM)
TROPICAL STORM PARMA
Typhoon Parma moved westward across the Pacific Ocean in late September 2009. Parma was downgraded to a tropical storm as it passed over the Philippines, but moved back toward the islands, apparently interacting with Typhoon Melor to the northeast. Parma finally dissipated on October 14.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40779&src=nha
*** MPA(TRMM) image from Oct 08, 2009 (Posted on Oct 15, 2009 1:42 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40748&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 13, 2009 (Posted on Oct 13, 2009 4:38 PM)
-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (3 updated events, 4 new images) --
DUST OVER THE BLACK SEA
Thick dust blew north across Turkey and over the Black Sea on October 13, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40769&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 14, 2009 (Posted on Oct 14, 2009 7:02 PM)
AUSTRALIAN DUST STORM
Dust from inland Australia blew east over the Australian coast and the South Pacific Ocean in mid-October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40767&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 14, 2009 (Posted on Oct 14, 2009 6:05 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40764&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 13, 2009 (Posted on Oct 14, 2009 5:42 PM)
DUST OVER THE BLACK SEA
Thick dust blew north across Turkey and over the Black Sea on October 13, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40756&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 13, 2009 (Posted on Oct 13, 2009 6:59 PM)
-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (3 updated events, 4 new images) --
SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO RESUMES ACTIVITY
After 10 months of relative quiet, Soufriere Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat blasted ash into the sky in early October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40803&src=nha
*** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Oct 11, 2009 (Posted on Oct 16, 2009 2:55 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40762&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 13, 2009 (Posted on Oct 14, 2009 2:37 PM)
EARTHQUAKE OFF SAMOA GENERATES TSUNAMI
A large (magnitude 8.0) undersea earthquake near Samoa in late September 2009 generated a destructive tsunami that killed over 100 people.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40745&src=nha
*** ASTER(Terra) image from Oct 12, 2009 (Posted on Oct 13, 2009 3:36 PM)
SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO RESUMES ACTIVITY
After 10 months of relative quiet, Soufriere Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat blasted ash into the sky in early October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40743&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 12, 2009 (Posted on Oct 13, 2009 9:43 AM)
-- 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=40781&src=nha
*** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 27, 2009 (Posted on Oct 15, 2009 3:35 PM)
-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM IN THE BERING SEA
A phytoplankton bloom brightened the Bering Sea in early October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40716&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 08, 2009 (Posted on Oct 12, 2009 3:32 PM)
FIRES IN NORTH KOREA
Multiple fires burned in North Korea in mid-October 2009, sending a plume of smoke over the Sea of Japan.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40810&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 15, 2009 (Posted on Oct 16, 2009 4:47 PM)
FIRES IN SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA
Multiple fires burned in Western Australia, south of Perth, on October 16, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40795&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 16, 2009 (Posted on Oct 16, 2009 12:13 PM)
FIRES IN EASTERN AFRICA
Fires burned near the shores of three East African lakes in early October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40760&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 13, 2009 (Posted on Oct 14, 2009 12:56 PM)
FIRES IN SOUTH CENTRAL RUSSIA
Wildfires and/or agricultural fires burned in south Central Russia in early October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40726&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 10, 2009 (Posted on Oct 12, 2009 4:58 PM)
-- SEVERE STORMS (4 updated events, 7 new images) --
TYPHOON LUPIT
Lupit began as a tropical depression over the Western Pacific on October 14, 2009. By October 16, the storm had strengthened to a typhoon.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40829&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 19, 2009 (Posted on Oct 19, 2009 1:35 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40827&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 18, 2009 (Posted on Oct 19, 2009 1:31 PM)
HURRICANE RICK
Category 5 Hurricane Rick sprawled over the eastern Pacific in mid-October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40825&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 17, 2009 (Posted on Oct 19, 2009 12:39 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40822&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 18, 2009 (Posted on Oct 19, 2009 12:30 PM)
TYPHOON LUPIT
Lupit began as a tropical depression over the Western Pacific on October 14, 2009. By October 16, the storm had strengthened to a typhoon.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40792&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 16, 2009 (Posted on Oct 16, 2009 12:09 PM)
TROPICAL STORM PARMA
Typhoon Parma moved westward across the Pacific Ocean in late September 2009. Parma was downgraded to a tropical storm as it passed over the Philippines, but moved back toward the islands, apparently interacting with Typhoon Melor to the northeast. Parma finally dissipated on October 14.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40779&src=nha
*** MPA(TRMM) image from Oct 08, 2009 (Posted on Oct 15, 2009 1:42 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40748&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 13, 2009 (Posted on Oct 13, 2009 4:38 PM)
-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (3 updated events, 4 new images) --
DUST OVER THE BLACK SEA
Thick dust blew north across Turkey and over the Black Sea on October 13, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40769&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 14, 2009 (Posted on Oct 14, 2009 7:02 PM)
AUSTRALIAN DUST STORM
Dust from inland Australia blew east over the Australian coast and the South Pacific Ocean in mid-October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40767&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 14, 2009 (Posted on Oct 14, 2009 6:05 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40764&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 13, 2009 (Posted on Oct 14, 2009 5:42 PM)
DUST OVER THE BLACK SEA
Thick dust blew north across Turkey and over the Black Sea on October 13, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40756&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 13, 2009 (Posted on Oct 13, 2009 6:59 PM)
-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (3 updated events, 4 new images) --
SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO RESUMES ACTIVITY
After 10 months of relative quiet, Soufriere Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat blasted ash into the sky in early October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40803&src=nha
*** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Oct 11, 2009 (Posted on Oct 16, 2009 2:55 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40762&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 13, 2009 (Posted on Oct 14, 2009 2:37 PM)
EARTHQUAKE OFF SAMOA GENERATES TSUNAMI
A large (magnitude 8.0) undersea earthquake near Samoa in late September 2009 generated a destructive tsunami that killed over 100 people.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40745&src=nha
*** ASTER(Terra) image from Oct 12, 2009 (Posted on Oct 13, 2009 3:36 PM)
SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO RESUMES ACTIVITY
After 10 months of relative quiet, Soufriere Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat blasted ash into the sky in early October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40743&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 12, 2009 (Posted on Oct 13, 2009 9:43 AM)
-- 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=40781&src=nha
*** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 27, 2009 (Posted on Oct 15, 2009 3:35 PM)
-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM IN THE BERING SEA
A phytoplankton bloom brightened the Bering Sea in early October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40716&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 08, 2009 (Posted on Oct 12, 2009 3:32 PM)
