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This Week's Events

	Severe Storms: Hurricane Ike Between the last week of August and the first week of September 2008, the Atlantic Ocean queued up a series of tropical storms. In the wake of Gustav and Hanna, the third storm in the queue, named Ike, made its way westward. 4 Images, Updated: September 05, 2008
	Dust & Smoke: Dust Storm over Afghanistan On September 5, 2008, a dust storm formed over Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. 1 Image, Posted: September 05, 2008
	Severe Storms: Tropical Storm Hanna On August 28, 2008, the eighth named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season got underway int the Caribbean Sea. Hanna teetered between tropical storm and Category 1 hurricane strength as it moved westward through the Caribbean. 3 Images, Updated: September 04, 2008
	Volcanoes: Chaiten Volcano Erupts Dormant for more than 9,000 years, the Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile began to erupt on May 2, 2008, forcing thousands of residents from their homes. In the months that followed, the volcano remained active. 20 Images, Updated: September 04, 2008
	Severe Storms: Tropical Storm Josephine Tropical Storm Josephine formed in the eastern Atlantic near the Cape Verde Islands on September 2, 2008. 1 Image, Posted: September 03, 2008
	Dust & Smoke: Carbon Monoxide over Africa Carbon monoxide concentrations across Africa between August 25 and September 1, 2008, were elevated from widespread agricultural burning and wildfires. 1 Image, Posted: September 03, 2008
	Floods: Monsoon Floods in Northeast India Monsoon rains regularly swell rivers in northern India, but in 2008, the Kosi, a tributary of the Ganges and a major river in its own right, did something different. It burst through its banks to flow into a channel it had abandoned more than 200 years ago. 2 Images, Updated: September 02, 2008
	Severe Storms: Hurricane Gustav Gustav formed off the coast of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea on August 25, 2008. 8 Images, Updated: September 02, 2008
	Unique Imagery: Storm-Churned waters off Cuba Gustav may have spared the United States from the destruction that many feared, but it hit Cuba hard. 1 Image, Posted: September 02, 2008
	Fires: Fires in Mozambique and South Africa In late August and early September 2008, widespread fires in Mozambique and South Africa poured smoke out of the Indian Ocean. 2 Images, Updated: September 02, 2008

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