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Typhoon Yagi
Typhoon Yagi (the Japanese word for goat) formed as a tropical depression in the northwestern Pacific Ocean on September 17, 2006.
Event Date: 2006-09-19 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Severe Storms
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Haze over Eastern China
A thick band of haze hung intermittently over eastern China in the fall of 2006. The haze likely resulted from urban and industrial pollution, agricultural fires, and weather patterns that trapped the pollutants in the region.
Event Date: 2006-09-16 00:00:00
Number of Images: 4
Topic: Dust & Smoke
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Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene was the eighth named storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Helene intensified from a tropical depression (area of low air pressure) south of the Cape Verde Islands and became a tropical storm on September 12.
Event Date: 2006-09-15 00:00:00
Number of Images: 5
Topic: Severe Storms
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Hurricane Lane
The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season may have had a slow start, but the Eastern Pacific season was not so quiet. By September 14, the National Hurricane Center was already on the twelfth entry in its storm name list, Lane.
Event Date: 2006-09-15 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Severe Storms
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Hurricane Gordon
Hurricane Gordon was the seventh named storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Gordon started off the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean on September 10, and it grew in power and size steadily over the next several days.
Event Date: 2006-09-12 00:00:00
Number of Images: 5
Topic: Severe Storms
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Typhoon Shanshan
Typhoon Shanshan formed on September 10, 2006, in the western Pacific well off the coast of the Philippine Islands. Over the course of the next 36 hours, it grew from a tropical depression to a typhoon.
Event Date: 2006-09-10 00:00:00
Number of Images: 4
Topic: Severe Storms
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Fires on Borneo
Scores of fires created a thick haze over Borneo in September and October 2006.
Event Date: 2006-09-10 00:00:00
Number of Images: 3
Topic: Fires
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Smoke over Western Canada
A thick plume of smoke clouded the skies over Alberta and the Northwest Territories in Canada in early September 2006. The smoke likely resulted from numerous wildfires in the region.
Event Date: 2006-09-09 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Dust & Smoke
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Dust Storm in Taklimakan Desert
A dust storm struck the Taklimakan Desert in western China in early September 2006.
Event Date: 2006-09-09 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Dust & Smoke
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Hurricane Florence
The sixth storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Florence formed on September 3, 2006. Florence weakened as it moved north, becoming an extra-tropical storm by September 15.
Event Date: 2006-09-07 00:00:00
Number of Images: 5
Topic: Severe Storms
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