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	Fay's Rains Still Drenching the Southeast While now a tropical depression, Fay continues spreading heavy rain and winds over a wide swath of the U.S. Southeast, as seen in this Aug. 25 afternoon infrared image from NASA's Aqua spacecraft. (Aug. 25)
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Fay's Rains Still Drenching the Southeast
While now a tropical depression, Fay continues spreading heavy rain and winds over a wide swath of the U.S. Southeast, as seen in this Aug. 25 afternoon infrared image from NASA's Aqua spacecraft.
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Fay Refuses To Fade
Tropical Storm Fay, seen in this Aug. 22 afternoon infrared image from NASA's Aqua spacecraft, continues its slow westward trek across northern Florida, heading for the Gulf of Mexico and a probable fourth U.S. landfall.
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Fay Stalls Over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay, seen in this Aug. 20 afternoon infrared image from NASA's Aqua spacecraft, continues to dump torrential rain over Florida.
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Fay Feeds on Florida
Tropical Storm Fay engulfs Southern and Central Florida in this QuikScat image taken Tues., Aug. 19, at 7:33 a.m. EDT.
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Floridians Prep for Fay's Fury
Tropical Storm Fay advances on Florida in this Aug. 18 NASA Aqua infrared image. Fay is expected to make landfall Tuesday.
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Portrait of a Warming Ocean, Rising Sea Levels
Global sea level is on the rise, but the rise isn't uniform across the ocean. In this image, white and red show where sea level has risen the most; purple and blue where it has dropped.
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Edouard Starts Its Trek Deep In the Heart of Texas
Edouard, now a tropical depression, has sloshed its way north of Houston on a trek that will take it "deep in the heart of Texas." This infrared NASA Aqua image was taken at 12:17 PDT August 5.
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