[nh-weekly] 23 April 2012 -- Natural Hazards Updates

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days.

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-- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

FIRES NEAR NOVOSIBIRSK

Fires near Novosibirsk

* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77711&src=nha

*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 14, 2012 (Posted on Apr 19, 2012 12:23 PM)

FIRE IN KUWAIT

In mid-April 2012, a fire broke out in a tire dump near Al Jahrah, Kuwait.

* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77678&src=nha

*** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 17, 2012 (Posted on Apr 17, 2012 3:01 PM)

-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (5 updated events, 8 new images) --

DUST STORM IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT

An intense dust storm formed over Western China's Taklimakan Desert in late April 2012.

* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77738&src=nha

*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 23, 2012 (Posted on Apr 23, 2012 11:08 AM)

DUST OVER RUSSIA

In late April 2012, dust mingled with clouds over the eastern Russian Federation. The dust likely originated along the China-Mongolia border.

* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77732&src=nha

*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 20, 2012 (Posted on Apr 20, 2012 3:59 PM)

DUST OVER IRAQ

Dust plumes hovered over Iraq, dipping into northeastern Saudi Arabia, in mid-April 2012.

* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77727&src=nha

*** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 19, 2012 (Posted on Apr 20, 2012 1:55 PM)

* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77685&src=nha

*** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 17, 2012 (Posted on Apr 18, 2012 9:18 AM)

DUST OVER NORTHERN AFRICA

Dust plumes blew off the coast of Libya and over Egypt in mid- to late April 2012.

* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77721&src=nha

*** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 18, 2012 (Posted on Apr 19, 2012 4:37 PM)

* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77682&src=nha

*** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 17, 2012 (Posted on Apr 17, 2012 4:23 PM)

* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77675&src=nha

*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 16, 2012 (Posted on Apr 16, 2012 5:14 PM)

DUST STORM IN NEW MEXICO

On April 14, 2012, a dust storm stretched from northern Mexico into New Mexico.

* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77668&src=nha

*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 14, 2012 (Posted on Apr 16, 2012 3:12 PM)

-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

ACTIVITY AT POPOCATC)PETL

PopocatC)petl has been erupting since January 2005, with near constant venting from fumaroles punctuated by minor steam, gas, and ash emissions. Plumes are occasionally visible from Mexico City, only 70 kilometers (40 miles) to the northwest.

* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77708&src=nha

*** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 16, 2012 (Posted on Apr 19, 2012 12:21 PM)

-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

WINTER AND SPRING HEATWAVE IN NORTH AMERICA The winter and early spring of 2012 brought record-setting high temperatures over much of United States and Canada.

* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77671&src=nha

*** (In situ Measurement) image from Mar 01, 2012 (Posted on Apr 16, 2012 3:26 PM)

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