[nh-announce] 8 January 2018 -- Natural Hazards Updates

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days.
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-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

TROPICAL CYCLONE AVA
Tropical cyclone Ava swirled in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar in early January 2018.

    * Tropical Cyclone Ava Strikes Madagascar (Image from Jan 5, 2018; Posted Jan 5, 2018)
        https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91540&src=nha


-- WATER COLOR (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

BLOOMS IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
As the southern hemisphere transitioned into spring, several large phytoplankton blooms emerged and lingered in the ocean.

    * South Atlantic Abloom (Image from Dec 28, 2017; Posted Jan 6, 2018)
        https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91521&src=nha




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