The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days.
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-- FIRES (1 updated events, 2 new images) --

FIRES IN SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
Seasonal drying and long-term drought set the stage for summer wildfires to burn throughout the southwestern United States.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=88600&src=nha
*** Image from Aug 17, 2016 (Posted on Aug 18, 2016 2:54 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=88594&src=nha
*** Image from Aug 16, 2016 (Posted on Aug 17, 2016 11:34 AM)



-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

RAINFALL IN THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES
In mid-August, a sudden storm brought heavy rainfall to the Southeastern United States.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=88602&src=nha
*** Image from Aug 17, 2016 (Posted on Aug 18, 2016 3:41 PM)



-- SEA AND LAKE ICE (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

A NEARLY ICE-FREE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
By mid-August 2016, the famed high-latitude sea route in the Arctic Ocean was nearly free of sea ice.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=88597&src=nha
*** Image from Aug 09, 2016 (Posted on Aug 18, 2016 10:54 AM)

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