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Floods and fires across Europe captured from space
07-27-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)Highlighting the extreme weather conditions hitting Europe, space sensors aboard ESA's Envisat satellite have detected the worst floodwaters to hit Britain for 60 years and deadly fires raging through southern Europe.
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