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Plume from Rabaul Volcano
New Britain's Rabaul Volcano released a plume in late July 2008.
Event Date: 2008-07-23 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Volcanoes
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Floods in the Wake of Hurricane Dolly
The first land-falling hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season, Hurricane Dolly flooded parts of Texas and Mexico when it came ashore on July 23.
Event Date: 2008-07-23 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Floods
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Hurricane Fausto
Hurricane Fausto formed in the Eastern Pacific ocean off Central America on July 16, 2008. Travelling westward over warmer waters, the storm gathered strength, reaching hurricane status by July 18.
Event Date: 2008-07-21 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Severe Storms
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Tropical Storm Cristobal
Tropical Storm Cristobal was the third named storm in the 2008 Atlantic storm season.
Event Date: 2008-07-21 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Severe Storms
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Beijing Implements New Pollution Controls
As Beijing prepared to host the Olympics August 8-24, 2008, and the Paralympics September 6-17, 2008, authorities implemented new procedures to reduce pollution.
Event Date: 2008-07-20 00:00:00
Number of Images: 3
Topic: Dust & Smoke
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Hurricane Dolly
Tropical Storm Dolly formed in the Caribbean Sea between Honduras and Cuba on July 20, 2008. By July 23, it was a Category 1 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.
Event Date: 2008-07-20 00:00:00
Number of Images: 5
Topic: Severe Storms
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Typhoon Kalmaegi
Typhoon Kalmaegi was grazing the Pacific-facing coast of Taiwan in the morning hours of July 17, 2008. Heavy rain fell in the storm's path.
Event Date: 2008-07-17 00:00:00
Number of Images: 3
Topic: Severe Storms
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Hurricane Elida
Hurricane Elida formed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean off the Central American coast on July 12, 2008. As is the case with most storm systems that form in this region, it traveled westward, pulling away from the coast.
Event Date: 2008-07-17 00:00:00
Number of Images: 2
Topic: Severe Storms
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Fires in Argentina, Paraguay
Hundreds of fires, probably related to land clearing or agriculture, burned in Argentina and Paraguay in mid-July 2008.
Event Date: 2008-07-16 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Fires
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Dust Storm Over Chile and Argentina
A dust storm arose from the dry salt lakes along the Chile-Argentina border in early July 2008.
Event Date: 2008-07-12 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Dust & Smoke
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