From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Tue Aug 05 2003 - 21:47:12 PDT
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Subject: [nh-announce] 04 August 2003 -- Natural Hazards Updates
The following sections were updated since 01 August 2003.
-- FIRE (3 updated events, 4 new images) --
FIRES IN SIBERIA
Dozens of fires burning across Siberia on August 4, 2003, creating a thick blanket of smoke over the region.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=11128
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 4 2003 (Posted on Aug 4 2003 12:05PM)
FIRES IN WESTERN CANADA
Ten thousand people have been evacuated from their homes in parts of Canada over the first week of August, as wildfires blaze across the country. This Terra MODIS image shows fires in western Canada on August 3, 2003.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=11126
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 3 2003 (Posted on Aug 4 2003 10:24AM)
FOREST FIRES IN CENTRAL PORTUGAL
Central Portugal is being overtaken by forest fires burning out of control in hot, dry conditions on August 3 and 4, 2003.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=11127
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 4 2003 (Posted on Aug 4 2003)
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=11125
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 3 2003 (Posted on Aug 4 2003)
-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
DROUGHT IN WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
The current drought in South Africa’s Western Cape province is withering and stunting vegetation across this crop-producing region.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=11129
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 21 2003 (Posted on Aug 4 2003)
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