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

GLADIATOR FIRE IN ARIZONA
A human caused fire on private property originated on May 13 and then spread to Prescott National Forest.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77944&src=nha
 *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 16, 2012 (Posted on May 17, 2012 11:23 AM)

HAZE OVER NORTHERN CHINA
A blanket of haze, fueled in part by Russian wildfires, hung over China in early May.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77919&src=nha
 *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 10, 2012 (Posted on May 14, 2012 5:17 PM)



-- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO
The first storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season formed off the coast of South Carolina on May 19.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77990&src=nha
 *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 19, 2012 (Posted on May 21, 2012 9:01 AM)

STRONG RAIN IN SOUTHERN CHINA
Days of torrential rain caused widespread flooding in southern China in May 2012.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77972&src=nha
 *** MPA(TRMM) image from May 10, 2012 (Posted on May 17, 2012 3:55 PM)



-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

SMOKE OVER THE BERING SEA
A plume stretched across the Bering Sea in May 2012, likely the result of fires in eastern Russia.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77926&src=nha
 *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 11, 2012 (Posted on May 15, 2012 12:34 PM)

DUST STORM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
In early May 2012, a dust storm blew over the Middle East, affecting Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77914&src=nha
 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 11, 2012 (Posted on May 14, 2012 2:19 PM)



-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

FRESH LAVA FLOW ON BAGANA VOLCANO
Satellites show the effects of the ongoing eruption at Papua New Guinea's most active volcano.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77975&src=nha
 *** ALI(EO-1) image from May 16, 2012 (Posted on May 17, 2012 4:52 PM)

ACTIVITY AT POPOCATéPETL
Volcanic activity picked up at Mexico's Popocatépetl Volcano in early 2012, prompting authorities to set the alert level to Yellow Phase Three: “Intermediate scale explosive activity at high, dome growth and possible expulsion of lava, explosions of increasing intensity and rain of ash on nearby villages noticeable in smaller quantities and more remote populations, depending on wind direction.”
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77923&src=nha
 *** ALI(EO-1) image from May 06, 2012 (Posted on May 14, 2012 5:51 PM)

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