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Hello gentle readers, Australia is burning again! I feel terrible for the slow moving animals who won't be able to escape the wildfires. Check out the Earth Observatory below.

 Shades of Pompei! In other news a volcano has erupted and buried a town in Fogo. I have not seen anything on my local news stations and so visit this web site..http://www.mrietze.com/web13/Fogo14.htm

 [nh-weekly] 05 January 2015 -- Natural Hazards Updates

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-- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

BUSHFIRE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
High temperatures and strong winds fueled destructive wildfires near Adelaide, Australia, in January 2015.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85020&src=nha
*** Image from Jan 03, 2015 (Posted on Jan 05, 2015 10:06 AM)

OIL FIRE, LIBYA
An oil fire in As Sidr sent plumes of thick plumes smoke drifting over the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara desert in December 2014.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85009&src=nha
*** Image from Dec 29, 2014 (Posted on Dec 31, 2014 4:53 PM)

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

SNOW IN THE U.S. WEST
Much of the U.S. West entered 2015 under a blanket of snow.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85017&src=nha
*** Image from Jan 01, 2015 (Posted on Jan 02, 2015 7:17 PM)

SNOW IN GREAT BRITAIN
A storm brings high winds and snow to England and Wales.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85013&src=nha
*** Image from Dec 28, 2014 (Posted on Dec 31, 2014 6:49 PM)

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

UNDERSEA ERUPTION NEAR TONGA
In late December 2014, an undersea volcano began erupting near Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai in the Polynesian islands.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85000&src=nha
*** Image from Dec 29, 2014 (Posted on Dec 31, 2014 3:02 PM)

ERUPTION AT FOGO
On November 23, this volcanic island in the Cabo Verde archipelago began erupting lava and volcanic gases.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84987&src=nha
*** Image from Dec 24, 2014 (Posted on Dec 29, 2014 3:34 PM)
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