The following sections were updated since 11 January 2008. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING STARTS TO BREAK QUEENSLAND DROUGHT The east coast of Australia saw record rainfall during the first week of 2008. The rain caused floods that left many residents stranded. Much of southeastern Australia has been in the grip of a multi-year drought, but a pattern of rainy weather has started to break it. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14691 *** (TRMM) image from Jan 08 2008 (Posted on Jan 11 2008 4:03PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- CYCLONE HELEN HITS NORTHERN AUSTRALIA Tropical Cyclone Helen combined with the seasonal monsoon and the other weather patterns in the Pacific Ocean to produce heavy rains in Northern Australia. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14690 *** (TRMM) image from Jan 08 2008 (Posted on Jan 11 2008 3:55PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14689 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 04 2008 (Posted on Jan 11 2008 3:04PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: nh-announce-unsubscribe@eodomo.gsfc.nasa.gov For additional commands, e-mail: nh-announce-help@eodomo.gsfc.nasa.gov