-- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) --
FIRES IN YELLOWSTONE
Fires broke out in Yellowstone in September 2009. The Arnica Fire near Yellowstone Lake started on September 13 but grew dramatically starting on September 24, thanks to warm, dry weather.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40681&src=nha
*** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Sep 24, 2009 (Posted on Oct 09, 2009 1:07 PM)
FIRES IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA
Fires burned throughout Queensland, Australia in late September 2009. Fires burned along the coast, and a large complex of fires burned near Tambo, Queensland.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40634&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 06, 2009 (Posted on Oct 07, 2009 4:56 PM)
-- SEVERE STORMS (3 updated events, 4 new images) --
TYPHOON 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.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40687&src=nha
*** MPA(TRMM) image from Oct 02, 2009 (Posted on Oct 09, 2009 3:28 PM)
SUPER TYPHOON MELOR
Super Typhoon Melor formed over the Pacific Ocean in early October 2009. As of October 7, the storm was being predicted to come ashore on the island of Honshu, southeast of Osaka.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40632&src=nha
*** SeaWinds(QuikSCAT) image from Oct 06, 2009 (Posted on Oct 07, 2009 4:26 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40618&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 07, 2009 (Posted on Oct 07, 2009 8:55 AM)
TYPHOON 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.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40615&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 07, 2009 (Posted on Oct 06, 2009 5:48 PM)
-- FLOODS (1 updated events, 3 new images) --
FLOODS IN SOUTHERN INDIA
Several days of heavy rain in southern India left millions homeless in October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40610&src=nha
*** MPA(TRMM) image from Sep 29, 2009 (Posted on Oct 06, 2009 12:55 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40601&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 05, 2009 (Posted on Oct 05, 2009 3:58 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40596&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 05, 2009 (Posted on Oct 05, 2009 3:03 PM)
-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (4 updated events, 4 new images) --
EARTHQUAKES NEAR VANUATU
On October 8 and 9, 2009, more than a dozen earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater occurred near the island nation of Vanuatu.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40677&src=nha
*** SRTM(Space Shuttle) image from Oct 08, 2009 (Posted on Oct 08, 2009 4:15 PM)
VOG FROM AMBRYM VOLCANO
Ambrym Volcano in the Vanuatu archipelago created large plumes of volcanic fog (vog) that stretched over the Coral Sea in early October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40623&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 06, 2009 (Posted on Oct 07, 2009 1:15 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=40612&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 06, 2009 (Posted on Oct 06, 2009 4:24 PM)
ACTIVITY AT SHIVELUCH VOLCANO
Shiveluch Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula released small plumes of ash and/or steam throughout 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40608&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 03, 2009 (Posted on Oct 06, 2009 10:27 AM)
-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
SHIP TRAILS OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN
A bank of clouds off the west coast of North America featured a series of ship trails in early October 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40626&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 05, 2009 (Posted on Oct 07, 2009 2:54 PM)
