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September 28, 2009
September weather
The weather during the month of September provided many dramatic moments captured by photographers around the world. From floods in Atlanta, Ga. to dust storms in Sydney, Australia, here is a glimpse of some of those events. (18 images)

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A couple of fishermen drift down the misty Umpqua River near Elkton, Ore., Tuesday, Sept. 22. AP / The News-Review / Robin Loznak


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Southern Califorians ignore the arrival of fall as cars line Pacific Coast Highway at a beach Monday, Sept. 21, in Del Mar, Calif. Even at the beach temperatures approached 80 degrees. AP / Lenny Ignelzi



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A roller coaster at Six Flags of Georgia Amusement Park is flooded on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009 in Austell, Ga. Several days of heavy rain has flooded parts of the Atlanta area. AP / John Bazemore



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Jennifer Bozeman, 19, and Nabor Torres stand at the edge of Sweetwater Creek after it overflowed its banks and left the mobile home park where they live flooded Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Austell, Ga.AP / John Amis



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Fans stand in the rain during a weather delay before the Auburn Tigers face the West Virginia Mountaineers at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Sept. 19, in Auburn, Ala. Getty Images / Kevin C. Cox



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This Tuesday, Sept. 15, photo shows people reflected in a puddle, walking past a ferris wheel during the West Tennessee State Fair opening day at Fairgrounds Park in Jackson, Tenn. AP / The Jackson Sun / Devin Wagner



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Kim Dunn, left and her sons, Hayden, center and Peter play with their dog Gordon as he takes flight in the air in front of their home in Crested Butte, Colo. during a snow fall in the Colorado Rockies on Monday, Sept. 21. The last day of summer brought light snow, chilly temperatures and freeze warnings across Colorado. AP / Nathan Bilow



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The Sydney Harbour Bridge and North Sydney Olympic pool are seen on Sept. 23, in Sydney, Australia. Severe wind storms in the west of New South Wales blew a dust cloud that engulfed Sydney and surrounding areas. Getty Images / Brendon Thorne



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A U.S. Marine from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, keeps watch from a sand-bagged guard hut, at Combat Outpost Spin Ghar, in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 24. AP / Brennan Linsley



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Sparrows take a cool bath in one of the fountains on the Bremerton Boardwalk in Bremerton, Wash. on Monday, Sept. 21.AP / Kitsap Sun / Larry Steagall



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Sunbathers in beach chairs are seen on a sunny day at the Baltic Sea on the beach of Kuehlungsborn, northern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20. ( AP / Thomas Haentzschel



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Tourists take cover during a sudden hail storm in front of the ancient Parthenon temple as they leave the Acropolis hill in Athnes, Greece on Friday, Sept. 18. AP / Petros Giannakouris



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A man peers through a plastic sheet as he walks through the rain in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Sept. 22. AP / Ramon Espinosa



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Supportters of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather in the rain at royal plaza in Bangkok on Saturday, Sept. 19. More than 6,000 police were out in force Saturday in Thailand's capital as anti-government protesters marked the third anniversary of a military coup they say was a major setback for the democratic system. AP / Sakchai Lalit



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Nalin (bottom), a one-year-old male white Bengal tiger, ducks as Akasha, a one-year-old female Bengal tiger, jumps over him at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Nalin and a female Bengal cub named Akasha, spent most of the day in the pool, cooling off during the warm weather in the area. AP / Nancy Chan -Six Flags Discovery Kingdom



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A boy swims in a sphere at a lake enoying the autumn weather in a park in Sofia on Sept. 21. AFP / Getty Images / Dimitar Dilkoff



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Rays of sunlight pierce stormclouds over a Greek Orthodox Christian monastery, outside of the Cypriot capital Nicosia, Monday Sept. 21. Cyprus weather officials said the amount of rainfall over the last days of the month ranked this September as among the top five wettest in a century. AP / Petros Karadjias



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A tourist takes a photograph of the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge as it peeks out from a blanket of fog Sept. 21, in the Marin Headlands of Sausalito, Calif. Getty Images / Justin Sullivan



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