From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Tue Nov 12 2002 - 10:37:59 PST
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Subject: [nh-announce] 12 November 2002 -- Natural Hazards Updates
The following sections were updated since 10 November 2002.
-- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
DUST STORM IN CHINA
On Nov. 11, 2002, NASA's Terra satellite observed a large dust storm blowing over northeastern China while there is widespread haze and pollution over southeastern China.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5252
*** Image from Nov 11 2002 (Posted on Nov 11 2002)
-- FIRE (2 updated events, 3 new images) --
FIRES IN WEST AFRICA
Fires were burning across numerous countries in West Africa in early November 2002, including Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, and Guinea.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5254
*** Image from Nov 9 2002 (Posted on Nov 11 2002)
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5253
*** Image from Nov 9 2002 (Posted on Nov 11 2002)
BIOMASS BURNING IN PARAGUAY
On November 9, 2002, scores of fires blanketed the southeast portion of Paraguay in South America.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5255
*** Image from Nov 9 2002 (Posted on Nov 11 2002)
-- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 2 new images) --
ERUPTION OF SICILY'S MT. ETNA
Beginning on October 27, 2002, NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) captured a series of images of the eruption of Europe's largest and most active volcano, Mt. Etna, on the island of Sicily.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5257
*** Image from Nov 12 2002 (Posted on Nov 12 2002)
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5256
*** Image from Nov 11 2002 (Posted on Nov 12 2002)
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