While not as damaging as the fierce line of storms that arrived in June 2012, the thunderstorms that struck the eastern United States on June 13, 2013, qualified as a “low-end” derecho.
Published Jun 15, 2013
Record heat helped fuel a wildfire north of Colorado Springs that destroyed more than 360 homes in June 2013.
Published Jun 14, 2013
Intense wildfires burned near Santa Fe, New Mexico, on June 11, 2013.
Published Jun 13, 2013
Intense wildfires burned in Colorado on June 11, 2013.
Published Jun 13, 2013
Lightning ignited a wildfire in Gila National Forest on June 7, 2013.
Published Jun 11, 2013
Unseasonably heavy rains produced the highest flood waters along the Elbe River since 2002.
Published Jun 7, 2013
Two drought-fueled wildfires blazed on June 1, 2013, in northern New Mexico. About 81 percent of the state was experiencing extreme or exceptional drought.
Published Jun 4, 2013
A wildfire burned in steep terrain north of Los Angeles near Palmdale on May 31, 2013.
Published Jun 3, 2013
Forecasters are calling for an active storm season in the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, in the eastern Pacific, Hurricane Barbara made an early-season landfall in southern Mexico.
Published Jun 1, 2013
A sharp bend in the Yukon River triggered a pile-up of ice that sent water spilling into a nearby town.
Published May 30, 2013
Dust was lofted from Africa toward Europe on May 29, 2013.
Published May 29, 2013
A supercell thunderstorm system spawned a destructive tornado near Oklahoma City on May 20, 2013.
Published May 22, 2013
While pack ice gets jostled by winds and currents in the open ocean, fast ice usually clings to land masses in shallow areas.
Published May 21, 2013
A combination of winds and thawing ice created an ice shove on Dauphin Lake that damaged numerous homes.
Published May 15, 2013
Winds picked up the sediments around a shallow lake in Patagonia.
Published May 15, 2013
Acquired May 13, 2013, this image shows Mahasen over the Bay of Bengal, headed for land.
Published May 13, 2013
With ice still on the Angara River, farmers in Russia began preparing their fields for the coming growing season.
Published May 13, 2013
An ongoing phytoplankton bloom has painted the sea surface in jewel tones.
Published May 12, 2013
On May 2, 2013, the MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite captured this image of wildfire burning near Los Angeles, California.
Published May 4, 2013
On May 2, 2013, the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this view of wildfires burning near Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Published May 3, 2013
A wildfire burned near Banning, California, on May 1, 2013.
Published May 2, 2013
In the Amur region of Russia, spring means farmers burn their fields to prep for the coming season.
Published May 1, 2013
Acquired April 24, 2013, this shows a dust plume over the Sahara Desert.
Published Apr 26, 2013
Lush green landscapes in New Zealand’s North Island took on a browner hue in summer 2013, as the area contended with one of the worst droughts in decades.
Published Apr 26, 2013
Acquired April 5 and 20, these images compare conditions along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, where flooding struck in the spring of 2013.
Published Apr 24, 2013
Acquired April 5 and 21, 2013, these images compare conditions between Lake Michigan and Saginaw Bay.
Published Apr 23, 2013
Land managers in the Kimberley region of Australia set low-intensity, controlled fires early in the dry season to protect from destructive blazes later in the year.
Published Apr 12, 2013
Acquired April 7 and 8, 2013, these images show dust plumes over the Mediterranean Sea.
Published Apr 9, 2013
Multiple factors likely contribute to the formation of ice on the northern Caspian Sea.
Published Mar 30, 2013
At the end of the dry season, fires are lit throughout agricultural and residential landscapes in Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand. Smoke is usually thickest in March and April.
Published Mar 28, 2013
