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Torrential Rain in China
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Published June 14, 2007
Patterns running from pale green to deep blue are draped over southern China, showing rainfall totals for the week of June 4 through June 11, 2007. Though seasonal rains are not unexpected in the area, the rain that fell during the week was torrential and relentless. As the image shows, a broad stretch of China received up to 200 millimeters of rain, and some areas were inundated with up to 500 millimeters.
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Flooding from Tropical Cyclone Gonu
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Published June 13, 2007
When the last of the clouds trailing Cyclone Gonu cleared on June 10, 2007, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite recorded extensive flooding along Iran’s southeastern coast.
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Fires in Central Africa
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Dust Plume over the Red Sea
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Three Gorges Dam, China
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The longest river in Asia, the Yangtze River brings mixed blessings to China. Although it meets the water needs of millions of people, the river regularly overflows its banks. To protect residents and land in the lower Yangtze floodplains, China began construction on the Three Gorges Dam in 1994.
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