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This Week's Events

	Severe Storms: Tropical Storm Fay Tropical Storm Fay became the sixth named storm system of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season after forming over the Dominican Republic on August 15. 3 Images, Updated: August 19, 2008
	Dust & Smoke: 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. 3 Images, Updated: August 19, 2008
	Severe Storms: Typhoon Nuri Typhoon Nuri first formed in the Western Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines. As it traveled westward, the storm system reached typhoon status on August 18, 2008. 1 Image, Posted: August 19, 2008
	Unique Imagery: Phytoplankton Bloom in the Barents Sea The waters of the Barents Sea off the northeast coast of Norway were bright with a bloom of phytoplankton on August 12, 2008. 1 Image, Posted: August 19, 2008
	Fires: Bushfires in Northern Territory, Australia Numerous large bushfires were burning in the tropical savannas of Arnhem Land, in Northern Territory, Australia, in mid-August 2008. 1 Image, Posted: August 19, 2008
	Volcanoes: Aleutian Islands' Kasatochi Volcano Erupts After earthquakes and other seismic activity starting on August 7, 2008, Kasatochi Volcano began erupting large plumes of ash and gases in subsequent days. Over the following week, the plume of sulfur dioxide spread across Canada and the Northeast United States. 4 Images, Updated: August 15, 2008
	Dust & Smoke: Dust Storm over the Persian Gulf A dust storm blew over the Persian Gulf in mid-August 2008. The dust likely arose from the Tigris and Euphrates floodplain in Iraq. 1 Image, Posted: August 15, 2008
	Fires: Fires in California "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. In Northern California, fires continued to burn in August. 27 Images, Updated: August 15, 2008
	Severe Storms: Tropical Storm Kammuri Tropical Storm Kammuri formed in the South China Sea in the first week of August 2008 and drenched Guangdong Province, including the city of Hong Kong, on August 6. 3 Images, Updated: August 13, 2008

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