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Flooding on the Red River
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Published April 14, 2006
ajor flooding swamped the Red River on April 13, 2006, and the National Weather Service issued flood warnings for most communities that lined either side of the river. As the floods swept north into Canada, Winnipeg was bracing for the inundation, expected to peak around April 20.
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Dust Storm off West Africa
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Published April 13, 2006
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Fires in the Great Plains
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In Kansas, dozens of active fires were burning when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite passed overhead on April 12, 2006.
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Dust Storm in the Taklimakan Desert
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Smog and Sand over Beijing
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Dust Storm Spreads Out of Gobi Desert
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Aral Sea Expansion
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Published April 12, 2006
Once the fourth largest lake on Earth, the Aral Sea has shrunk dramatically over the past few decades as the primary rivers that fed the Sea were almost completely diverted for cotton farming and other agriculture. The decline of the sea has produced severe environmental, social, and public health problems. As part of a last-hope restoration effort...
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