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Fires in South America
In South America, scores of fires were churning out thick smoke into the skies above Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina in late August 2006.
Event Date: 2006-08-22 00:00:00
Number of Images: 2
Topic: Fires
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Forest Fire in Greece
A large forest fire forced thousands of people to evacuate the southern tip of the Kasandra Peninsula in Greece on August 21, 2006.
Event Date: 2006-08-21 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Fires
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Tropical Storm Ioke
Ioke started as a tropical depression on August 19, 2006, and quickly became a tropical storm. Ioke was the first tropical storm to form in the central Pacific since 2002. It has since traveled more than halfway across the entire Pacific Ocean.
Event Date: 2006-08-21 00:00:00
Number of Images: 7
Topic: Severe Storms
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Floods in Thailand
Though floods are not unusual in Thailand during the summer monsoon season, 2006 brought unusually heavy flooding.
Event Date: 2006-08-20 00:00:00
Number of Images: 5
Topic: Floods
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Hurricane Hector
Hurricane Hector formed in the eastern Pacific on August 15, 2006. Within a day, it had become organized enough to be classified as a tropical storm and earn its name. As of August 18, Hector was a moderately powerful Category 1 hurricane, traveling across the eastern Pacific.
Event Date: 2006-08-17 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Severe Storms
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Charleston Fire, Northern Nevada
In northeastern Nevada, a 20,000-acre fire was racing through sagebrush, grass, and juniper on August 16, 2006.
Event Date: 2006-08-16 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Fires
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Fires in Oregon
In northern Oregon's Cascade Mountains, several fires were burning in mid-August 2006.
Event Date: 2006-08-15 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Fires
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Floods Across Africa's Sahel
The Sahel region of Africa was about halfway through the rainy season of 2006 when flooding affected people in several countries, including Ethiopia, Sudan, Niger, and Burkina Faso.
Event Date: 2006-08-15 00:00:00
Number of Images: 8
Topic: Floods
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Tropical Storm Wukong
Tropical storm Wukong formed in the western Pacific on August 12, 2006, as a tropical depression. Within a day, it had become organized enough to be classified as a tropical storm and earn its name.
Event Date: 2006-08-14 00:00:00
Number of Images: 2
Topic: Severe Storms
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Floods in Cambodia
Heavy rains pushed the Mekong River and the Tonle Sap to their seasonal highs in August and September 2006.
Event Date: 2006-08-14 00:00:00
Number of Images: 2
Topic: Floods
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