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Cyclone Mala
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Cyclone Mala |
| Description |
Tropical Cyclone Mala formed in the Bay of Bengal on April 24, 2006. The cyclone has been gradually building strength and size. As of April 26, it was projected to head towards Myanmar, possibly coming ashore there on or around April 29, after grazing along the Andaman Islands. It was not projected to become a particularly powerful storm before reaching the mainland. This photo-like image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] on the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on April 26, 2006, at 10:35 a.m. local time (04:35 UTC). Cyclone Mala at this time had a basic rounded form, but lacked the well-developed eye, tight-wound shape, and strong winds of a powerful storm. Sustained, peak winds in the storm system were roughly 80 kilometers per hour (50 miles per hour) around the time the image was captured. NASA image by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from theGoddard Earth Sciences DAAC. [ http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] |
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Cyclone Mala
| Title |
Cyclone Mala |
| Description |
Tropical Cyclone Mala formed in the Bay of Bengal on April 24, 2006. The cyclone has been gradually building strength and size. As of April 28, it was heading towards Myanmar, possibly coming ashore there on or around April 29. This photo-like image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] on the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on April 28, 2006, at 10:05 a.m. local time (04:05 UTC). Cyclone Mala was quite transformed from two days prior. At the time of this image, the storm had the well-developed eye, tight-wound shape, and strong winds of a powerful storm. Sustained, peak winds in the storm system were roughly 210 kilometers per hour (130 miles per hour) around the time the image was captured. The high-resolution image provided above is provided at the full MODIS spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2006118-0428/Mala.A2006118.0425 ] NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Fires in Eastern India
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Fires in Eastern India |
| Description |
On March 5, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite detected fires (marked in red) in eastern India (bottom left), northeast India (top right), and western Myanmar (bottom right). A few scattered fires were detected in Bangladesh (center). In this false-color image of this scene, dark reddish burn scars stand out against bright green vegetation. A true-color image is also available. In Bangladesh, the Ganges River flows in from the west and meets up with the Brahmaputra River flowing in from the east. The two rivers join and flow out to the Bay of Bengal through the Mouths of the Ganges. At top are the Himalaya Mountains in Nepal. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS? maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Fires in Eastern India
| Title |
Fires in Eastern India |
| Description |
On March 5, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite detected fires (marked in red) in eastern India (bottom left), northeast India (top right), and western Myanmar (bottom right). A few scattered fires were detected in Bangladesh (center). In the false-color image of this scene, dark reddish burn scars stand out against bright green vegetation. In Bangladesh, the Ganges River flows in from the west and meets up with the Brahmaputra River flowing in from the east. The two rivers join and flow out to the Bay of Bengal through the Mouths of the Ganges. At top are the Himalaya Mountains in Nepal. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS? maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Fires in Southeast Asia
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Fires in Southeast Asia |
| Description |
The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of fires burning in Southeast Asia on April 3, 2003. The fires, outlined in red, are spread very heavily throughout eastern Myanmar (center) and are likely agricultural in origin. Fire is often used to clear fields and pasture to prepare for new plant growth, though the smoke from these fires adversely affects local air quality. In this image, winds blow the grayish-blue smoke to the east over neighboring countries and towards the Gulf of Tonking (right edge) and the South China Sea (not visible). Clockwise from top left, the countries shown are India, Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Bangladesh (upper left edge). To the southwest of Myanmar is the Bay of Bengal, due south is the Andaman Sea. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS' maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Fires in Southeast Asia
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Fires in Southeast Asia |
| Description |
West of where the myriad channels of the Ganges River flow into the Bay of Bengal, numerous fires were burning in Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar on April 4, 2005. This image of the area on that day was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite. Locations where MODIS detected actively burning fires are outlined in red. The image, which is centered farther west than previous images in this series, focuses closely on scores of fires burning in India, just across the southeastern border of Bangladesh. In the large version of the image, fires are scattered across a wide portion of all three countries. Many of the fires are emitting large plumes of smoke, which drifts eastward. MODIS cannot tell us specifically whether a fire is naturally occurring or caused by humans. However, the region's monsoonal climate is wrapping up its dry phase, which is typically a time for agricultural burning. In addition, Southeast Asia is experiencing one of its worst droughts in decades, which may be elevating the risk of both accidental and natural wildfires. The fires detected by MODIS, therefore, may be a mixture of both types of burning. The large image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapeidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] provides the image at additional resolutions. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_Bangladesh/2005094/FAS_Bangladesh.2005094.aqua ] Image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] NASA-GSFC |
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Flooding in Myanmar
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Flooding in Myanmar |
| Description |
On May 19, 2004, a tropical cyclone [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12148 ] moved ashore over northern Myanmar bringing strong tidal surges and coastal flooding. As of June 4, the government estimated that 220 people had died and others are still missing. Over 18,000 were left homeless. On May 26, one week after the storm moved ashore, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite detected ongoing flooding near the Bay of Bengal. In the false-color image, left, the flooded area is blue. By comparison, a MODIS image taken on May 10 shows dry land (tan pixels) where the blue flood waters are in the flooded scene. In both images, clouds are light blue. NASA image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Flooding in Myanmar
| Title |
Flooding in Myanmar |
| Description |
On May 19, 2004, a tropical cyclone [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12148 ] moved ashore over northern Myanmar bringing strong tidal surges and coastal flooding. As of June 4, the government estimated that 220 people had died and others are still missing. Over 18,000 were left homeless. On May 26, one week after the storm moved ashore, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite detected ongoing flooding near the Bay of Bengal. In the false-color image, left, the flooded area is blue. By comparison, a MODIS image taken on May 10 shows dry land (tan pixels) where the blue flood waters are in the flooded scene. In both images, clouds are light blue. NASA image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Tropical Storm brings Heavy
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Tropical Storm brings Heavy Rains to Burma |
| Description |
Unnamed tropical storm 02B came ashore along the northwest coast of Burma (Myanmar) on the 19th of May 2004 bringing with it strong winds and heavy rains. The system formed in the northern Bay of Bengal on May 17, and moved east as a strong tropical storm with maximum sustained winds estimated at 60 knots (69 mph) by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center as it crossed the coast of Burma. The system came ashore near the port city of Sittwe not far from the border with Bangladesh. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center monitors rainfall over the global tropics. MPA rainfall totals for the region surrounding the northern Bay of Bengal are shown for the period 12-19 May 2004. Up to 20 inches of rain (darkest red areas) fell over the foothills and southern slopes of the Himalayan Mountains over northeastern Indian and Bhutan and along the north east coastline of the Bay of Bengal over far western Burma and southern Bangladesh. The heavy rain over western Burma and southern Bangladesh was a direct result of tropical storm 02B, while most of the heavy rain farther north along the slopes of the Himalayas was a result of low pressure centered over northern India and Nepal drawing moisture up from the Bay of Bengal earlier in the period. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Tropical Storm brings Heavy
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Tropical Storm brings Heavy Rains to Burma |
| Description |
Unnamed tropical storm 02B came ashore along the northwest coast of Burma (Myanmar) on the 19th of May 2004 bringing with it strong winds and heavy rains. The system formed in the northern Bay of Bengal on May 17, and moved east as a strong tropical storm with maximum sustained winds estimated at 60 knots (69 mph) by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center as it crossed the coast of Burma. The system came ashore near the port city of Sittwe not far from the border with Bangladesh. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center monitors rainfall over the global tropics. MPA rainfall totals for the region surrounding the northern Bay of Bengal are shown for the period 12-19 May 2004. Up to 20 inches of rain (darkest red areas) fell over the foothills and southern slopes of the Himalayan Mountains over northeastern Indian and Bhutan and along the north east coastline of the Bay of Bengal over far western Burma and southern Bangladesh. The heavy rain over western Burma and southern Bangladesh was a direct result of tropical storm 02B, while most of the heavy rain farther north along the slopes of the Himalayas was a result of low pressure centered over northern India and Nepal drawing moisture up from the Bay of Bengal earlier in the period. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Tropical Storm brings Heavy
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| Title |
Tropical Storm brings Heavy Rains to Burma |
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Unnamed tropical storm 02B came ashore along the northwest coast of Burma (Myanmar) on the May 19, 2004, bringing with it strong winds and heavy rains. The system formed in the northern Bay of Bengal on May 17, and moved east as a strong tropical storm with maximum sustained winds estimated at 60 knots (69 mph) by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center as it crossed the coast of Burma. The system came ashore near the port city of Sittwe not far from the border with Bangladesh. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite measures rainfall over the global tropics using both active and passive sensors. TRMM snapped this image of tropical storm 02B inland over Burma. Taken at 11:47 UTC on the 19th, it shows the horizontal distribution of rain intensity from the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR) in the center swath and the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) in the outer swath overlaid on infrared (IR) data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The image shows that the system has weakened over land as the center of the storm is surrounded mainly by light (blue) to occasionally moderate (green areas) rain with the southern part nearly void of rain. Further south of the center, part of a more intense rain area (dark red) is visible in a rainband. The strong convective storms (dark red centers) well west of the tropical storm located just west of Bangladesh over India are not associated with the tropical storm. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Tropical Storm brings Heavy
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| Title |
Tropical Storm brings Heavy Rains to Burma |
| Description |
Unnamed tropical storm 02B came ashore along the northwest coast of Burma (Myanmar) on the May 19, 2004, bringing with it strong winds and heavy rains. The system formed in the northern Bay of Bengal on May 17, and moved east as a strong tropical storm with maximum sustained winds estimated at 60 knots (69 mph) by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center as it crossed the coast of Burma. The system came ashore near the port city of Sittwe not far from the border with Bangladesh. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite measures rainfall over the global tropics using both active and passive sensors. TRMM snapped this image of tropical storm 02B inland over Burma. Taken at 11:47 UTC on the 19th, it shows the horizontal distribution of rain intensity from the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR) in the center swath and the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) in the outer swath overlaid on infrared (IR) data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The image shows that the system has weakened over land as the center of the storm is surrounded mainly by light (blue) to occasionally moderate (green areas) rain with the southern part nearly void of rain. Further south of the center, part of a more intense rain area (dark red) is visible in a rainband. The strong convective storms (dark red centers) well west of the tropical storm located just west of Bangladesh over India are not associated with the tropical storm. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Cyclone Mala: Natural Hazard
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Tropical Cyclone Mala formed
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mala_tmo_2006116
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2006-04-26 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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mala_tmo_2006116 |
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Flooding in Myanmar: Natural
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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terra_myanmar_10_26may04
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-05-26 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
terra_myanmar_10_26may04 |
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Flooding in Myanmar: Natural
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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terra_myanmar_10_26may04
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2004-05-26 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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terra_myanmar_10_26may04 |
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Cyclone Nargis: Natural Haza
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
In early May 2008, Cyclone N
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nargis_tmo_2008124
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2008-05-03 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
nargis_tmo_2008124 |
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Cyclone Nargis: Natural Haza
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Cyclone Nargis passed over B
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nargis_trmm_2008124
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2008-05-03 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
nargis_trmm_2008124 |
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Fires in Eastern India: Natu
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On March 5, 2003, the modis.
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Bangladesh.AMOA2003064.721
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-03-05 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Bangladesh.AMOA2003064.721 |
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Cyclone Nargis: Natural Haza
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The recent formation of Trop
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nargis_trmm_2008119
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2008-04-28 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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nargis_trmm_2008119 |
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Fires in Southeast Asia: Nat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The MODIS instrument aboard
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SEAsia.AMOA2003093
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-04-03 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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SEAsia.AMOA2003093 |
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Fires in Eastern India: Natu
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On March 5, 2003, the modis.
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Bangladesh.AMOA2003064
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-03-05 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Bangladesh.AMOA2003064 |
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Tropical Storm brings Heavy
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Unnamed tropical storm 02B c
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bangladesh_rain_TRMM2004140
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2004-05-19 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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bangladesh_rain_TRMM2004140 |
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Tropical Storm brings Heavy
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Unnamed tropical storm 02B c
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bangladesh_rain_TRMM2004140
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2004-05-19 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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bangladesh_rain_TRMM2004140 |
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Cyclone Brings Flooding to S
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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During the past few days (Ma
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sri_lanka_may03_flood
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-05-19 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy Hal Pierce, TRMM Science Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
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sri_lanka_may03_flood |
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Tropical Storm brings Heavy
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Unnamed tropical storm 02B c
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bangladesh_cyclone_TRMM2004
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-05-19 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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bangladesh_cyclone_TRMM2004 |
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Tropical Storm brings Heavy
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Unnamed tropical storm 02B c
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bangladesh_cyclone_TRMM2004
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-05-19 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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bangladesh_cyclone_TRMM2004 |
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Fires in Southeast Asia: Nat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
West of where the myriad cha
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Bangladesh.AMOA2005094
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2005-04-04 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Bangladesh.AMOA2005094 |
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Cyclone Nargis: Image of the
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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On May 1, 2008, Typhoon Narg
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ge_08711
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2008-05-02 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08711 |
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Cyclone Mala: Natural Hazard
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Tropical Cyclone Mala formed
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mala_tmo_2006118
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2006-04-28 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
mala_tmo_2006118 |
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Heavy Rain from Cyclone Narg
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Many of the coastal areas ar
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nargis_mpa_2008125
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2008-04-04 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
nargis_mpa_2008125 |
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