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Torrential Rains flood Australia
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Published January 14, 2009
During the first two weeks of January 2009, torrential rains brought both drought relief and severe flooding to parts of Queensland and Northern Territory in northern Australia.
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Flooding in Central America
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Published October 31, 2008
Tropical Depression 16 moved ashore over Honduras on October 16 and slowly cut its way over Central America, dumping heavy rain from southeastern Mexico to Costa Rica.
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Fires in Indonesia
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Published August 23, 2008
During the May-October dry season, fire often smolders through Indonesia’s tropical forests. The challenge is to keep track of the fires set in remote regions, a task perfectly suited to satellite imagery. Fire locations from MODIS for the week of August 4, 2008, are marked with red dots here. Officials were concerned that fires during the 2008 season could be more intense than normal because the dry season had been especially dry.
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Rainfall from Typhoon Fengshen
Published June 28, 2008
As the typhoon passed over the central Philippines, it reached Category 2 intensity, dumping heavy rain and causing flooding and landslides. Similarly heavy rains fell on the southeast coast of China as the storm made landfall.
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Rainfall in Typhoon Neoguri
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Published April 18, 2008
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Unusually Intense Rain Floods Southern Africa
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Published January 29, 2008
Heavier-than-normal rainfall in January 2008 brought flooding to parts of southern Africa. The hardest hit areas included Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique.
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La Nina Rainfall Patterns
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Published January 23, 2008
La Niña, the counterpart to El Niño, alters rainfall patterns over the Pacific and Indian Ocean basins. La Niña develops when stronger-than-average trade winds push the warm surface waters of the equatorial Pacific west. Since cold water rises to replace the warm water, La Niña leaves the eastern and central Pacific Ocean much cooler than normal, while the western Pacific is much warmer than normal. These anomalies in sea surface temperature are mirrored in rainfall patterns, with warmer-than-normal temperatures resulting in enhanced rainfall. In general, La Niña brings unusually heavy rain to the West Pacific, Indonesia, parts of Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.
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