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

FIRES IN CANADA
In July 2014, wildfires in the Northwest Territories sent long plumes of smoke south toward the United States.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84042&src=nha
*** Image from Jul 16, 2014 (Posted on Jul 17, 2014 4:55 PM)

FIRES IN THE NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
The 2014 fire season in the northwestern United States.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84054&src=nha
*** Image from Jul 18, 2014 (Posted on Jul 21, 2014 12:55 PM)



-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) --

TYPHOON RAMMASUN
In July 2014, typhoon Rammasun churned toward the Philippines and China.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84050&src=nha
*** Image from Jul 18, 2014 (Posted on Jul 18, 2014 11:11 AM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84027&src=nha
*** Image from Jul 15, 2014 (Posted on Jul 16, 2014 5:10 PM)



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

A NEW ISLAND FORMS NEAR NISHINO-SHIMA VOLCANO
Volcanic activity along the western edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire” gave rise to a tiny island in late November 2013. Located in the Ogasawara Islands, part of the Volcano Islands arc, the new islet sits about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) south of Tokyo in waters considered part of Japanese territory.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84024&src=nha
*** Image from Jul 04, 2014 (Posted on Jul 16, 2014 1:56 PM)

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