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Widespread destruction in Tacloban after Super Typhoon Haiyan, with collapsed buildings, scattered debris, and damaged homes covered with tarps.

Thick black and white smoke rises above a forest as flames burn near a road with cars evacuating during wildfire.

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3D cross-sectional illustration of a hurricane over ocean, showing cloud bands and vertical structure of storm systems.

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Warm water fuels Hurricane Katrina. This image depicts a 3-day average of actual dea surface temperatures for the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, from August 25-27, 2005.

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