Damn Rain! Dams are bursting all over the world. Kenya. Flooding Death Toll Climbs to at Least 150 as Patel Dam Bursts. By Eric Ombok and Samuel Gebre. Bloomberg. A dam burst in southwestern Kenya raised the death toll from flooding in the East African nation to more than 150. Flooding […]
Damn Rain! Dams are bursting all over the world. India. Kerala Floods. Worst floods since 1920’s. Almost 500 dead. Over a million affected. Summary Recap. From 8 August 2018, severe floods affected the south Indian state of Kerala, due to unusually high rainfall during the monsoon season. It was the worst flood in Kerala […]
Damn Rain! Dams are bursting all over the world. Myanmar Thousands flee flooding as Swar Chaung dam bursts. By Angus Watson and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Updated 6:45 AM ET, Thu August 30, 2018 Tens of thousands of people were forced from their homes Wednesday when a dam burst in central Myanmar, […]
Damn Rain! Dams are bursting all over the world. Australia. Ross River dam is currently at 178% capacity. More than a year’s worth of rain. Queensland floods: emergency dam release as Townsville hit by 1.1 metre of rain Up to 100 more homes face flooding after mayor orders […]
‘I try not to leave the house’: Bangkok in grip of pollution crisis years in the making The Guardian. Thursday, January 21, 2019 Suthasi hasn’t left the house in four days. But the 21-year-old law student isn’t buried under a pile of books, she is staying inside because […]
January was Australia’s hottest month since records began in 1910 The Guardian. January 31, 2019 January was Australia’s hottest month on record, with the country’s mean temperature exceeding 30C for the first time since records began in 1910. The Bureau of Meteorology released its climate summary for January […]
Australia has long had its freakishly hot days, but this summer feels different The Guardian. January 31, 2019 One minute we are all in court watching interminable CCTV footage of me in a car getting pulled over by police on Bondi Road, and the next minute we are […]
Part of Australia’s Queensland hit by once-in-a-century floods, braces for more rain By Will Ziebell. Reuters•February 1, 2019 MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Once-in-a-century flooding in part of the eastern Australian state of Queensland looks set to worsen as the nation’s weather bureau on Saturday warned of more heavy rain […]
Strong M6.6 earthquake hits Chiapas, Mexico Posted by Teo Blašković on February 1, 2019. Watchers.news A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.6 hit Chiapas, Mexico at 16:14 UTC (10:14 local time) on February 1, 2019. The agency is reporting a depth 67.9 km (42.1 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.6 at a depth of […]
Extreme weather: Polar vortex in Midwest, record heat in Australia, weird warmth in Alaska. What’s going on? Floods, heatwaves and other extreme weather conditions gripping many parts of the world “are likely to continue.” (Luke 21:11) Fearful sights in diverse places. Perilous times shall come. They are here. […]
