This Week's Events

	Dust & Smoke: Haze over Eastern China Haze clouded the skies over eastern China in late November 2006. Pollution levels reached the highest category in the nation's environmental monitoring index. 1 Image, Posted: November 28, 2006
	Dust & Smoke: Dust off Northwestern Africa A plume of dust blew off the northwestern coast of Africa on November 21, 2006. 1 Image, Posted: November 27, 2006
	Floods: Floods in East Africa Floods swept over formerly drought-stricken regions of Kenya and Ethiopia when unusually heavy seasonal rains began in late October 2006. 3 Images, Updated: November 27, 2006
	Volcanoes: Mount Etna, Sicily Sicily’s Mount Etna released a thick plume of volcanic ash on November 24, 2006, forcing the overnight closure of a nearby airport. 1 Image, Posted: November 27, 2006
	Fires: Fires in Northern Territory and Queensland Fires and large burn scars were scattered across the tropical savannas of Northern Territory and Queensland on November 27, 2006. 1 Image, Posted: November 27, 2006
	Dust & Smoke: Dust off Pakistan Plumes of dust blew off the coasts of Pakistan and Iran on November 22, 2006. The plumes blew to the southeast over the Arabian Sea. 1 Image, Posted: November 22, 2006
	Fires: Fires in New South Wales, Australia Spurred by dry conditions and high winds, wildfires raged through the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. credits