6.6 quake hits Mexico MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong earthquake jolted southern Mexico on Friday, rattling nerves and swaying tall buildings hundreds of miles away in the capital, but there were no reports of serious damage, injuries or deaths. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the quake […]
6.5-magnitude quake shakes Guatemala, Mexico AFP•February 1, 2019 Guatemala City (AFP) – A 6.5-magnitude earthquake shook Mexico and Guatemala on Friday, leaving three people injured and causing infrastructure damage, authorities said. The quake struck near the Mexico-Guatemala border, 37 kilometers (23 miles) southwest of Ciudad Hidalgo, in the […]
Big storm sets sights on California, evacuations ordered. Perilous times. It’s never-ending for California. Associated Press•February 1, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A powerful storm bearing down on California on Friday was expected to produce heavy rainfall, damaging winds, localized stream flooding and heavy snow in the Sierra […]
Damn Rain! Dams are bursting all over the world. Laos. Hundreds missing in Laos after dam breaks, floods nearby towns. Fearful sights. Perilous times. Associated Press. BANGKOK — Massive flooding from a South Korean-constructed hydroelectric dam in Laos left several people dead and hundreds missing, state media said Tuesday. […]
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. 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 […]
