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World Population Passes the 7 Billion Mark: UN

According to the United Nation’s Population Division (UNDESA) the world population would pass the 7 billion mark today.

The clueless humans set another nightmarish milestone: Human demographics are now comparable in scale and quality to the bacterial growth dynamics.

Traditional Irish Turnip Halloween Lanterns.

Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 31

[October 31, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,598 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Global Population. The world population has reached 7 billion, as estimated by the United Nation’s Population Division.
• The Effective World population: “To the one half of the world who live on less than 2-dollars a day (they receive 300 times less per capita energy than the US citizens) the world must look extremely overpopulated with an effective population of 57 billion! [The EU27 with per capita GDP of $29,900 would account for 21 billion and the United States—per capita GDP of $43,223—for 18 billion of the total effective population.]“

NOTES:

• October 31, 2011 was selected by the UN body as a symbolic date to mark the occasion.
• The estimate includes at least a 1-percent margin of error, experts say.
• Based on the US government Census Bureau’s world population clock, the seven billion mark will be reached in late March 2012 .
• According to the Population Reference Bureau, a private organization based in Washington, the 7 billion mark was reached earlier this month.
• Globally, an estimated 5 babies are born every second.

Related Links

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

East Coast States of Emergency Declared in Pre-Halloween Snowstorm

US: Massive changes loom

WARNING: Many parts of the United States could become ‘unrecognizable’ due to extreme climatic, geophysical and geological episodes over the next 18 months: FIRE-EARTH Forecast

Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut and New York declare states of emergency because of severe weather conditions

“Freak” pre-Halloween snowstorm wreaks havoc along the heavily populated East Coast, killing at least three people and cutting power to more than 2.5 million homes and businesses.

Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 30

[October 30, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,599 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

Source: SSEC/Wisc-Uni.

• East Coast, USA. An early nor’easter has dumped heavy snow from the mid-Atlantic to New England, killing at least three people, felling trees and power lines, and cutting electricity to more than 2.5 million homes and businesses.
• The storm system has dumped record amounts of snow in parts of New England. More than 2 feet (60cm) of snow have been reported in parts of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
• Meanwhile, as temperatures fell below freezing, NYC fire department, citing safety hazards, confiscated generators used by Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, denying them power to keep warm, use computers or cook food.

Other Disasters

• Louisiana, USA. The White House has declared a major disaster exists in the State of Louisiana following the damage caused by Tropical Storm Lee during the period of September 1-5, 2011.
• The worst affected areas were the parishes of East Feliciana, Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, Terrebonne, and West Feliciana.

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• Another Nor’easter Dumps a Foot of Snow on the East Coast
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• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
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• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

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• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

State of emergency in Marshall Islands as dengue outbreak spirals

Warmer, wetter weather boosting spread of mosquito-borne infectious diseases

Marshall Islands declare state of emergency as dengue fever outbreak spreads

Health officials in Majuro, Marshall Islands have declared a state of emergency as the outbreak of dengue fever cases doubles in two days.

Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 29

[October 29, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,600 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Majuro, Marshall Islands. The first case of dengue fever, an infectious tropical disease, was diagnosed at Majuro Hospital last week. The reported cases have now spiraled to at least 63, doubling in the past two days.
• Dengue fever is a virus-caused disease that is spread by mosquitoes.
• The disease’s flu-like symptoms include fatigue, fever, headache, nausea, swollen lymph nodes, vomiting, muscle aches, joint pains and a skin rash that resembles measles.
• The infection can develops into the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, or result in dengue shock syndrome, leading to dangerously low blood pressure.
• Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a severe, potentially deadly infection spread by certain species of mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus).
• Symptoms of DHF are similar to  to those of dengue fever, but after several days the symptoms are followed by a shock -like state.
• Shock could cause death.
• DHF has killed hundreds of people in Pakistan, India, China and other SE Asian countries this year so far.
• Increases in temperature, precipitation, and humidity are exponentially boosting vector abundance and disease incidences throughout the world.

• Lahore, Pakistan. At least 31,036 cases of dengue fever have been recorded in Lahore alone, a report said.
•  Pakistan’s Health Department has “confirmed four deaths, including two from Lahore, due to Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) during the last 24 hours, which brought total figure of deaths to 290 in Punjab and 253 in Lahore.”
• “The dengue fever claimed four more lives on Friday, which brought the death count to 317 in the provincial metropolis.” Said the report.
• USA. Mosquito-Borne Dengue Fever Threat Spreading in the Americas: Dengue Fever Vulnerability in the United States

Dengue vulnerability in the United States. Among the social and environmental factors that increase community vulnerability to dengue and other infectious diseases are poor municipal infrastructure and frequent storm damage to homes. Red areas of the map show U.S. counties that have reported the presence of one or both of the mosquito species (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus) that can potentially transmit dengue fever; blue regions highlight the area encompassing most of the positive counties. Numbers of suspected cases of dengue infection reported from 1995–2005, inclusive, are shown below each state name. Reported counts of suspected dengue fever cases are also included for the six Mexican states that border the United States. Source: NRDC

• Global Impact. Dengue fever and its complications cause about 100 million infections, resulting in  500,000 hospitalizations and 22,000 deaths annually in over 100 countries.
• Dengue incidences have multiplied by 30-fold in less than 5 decades globally.
• The worst hit areas are India, Pakistan, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia and Africa.
• Currently, about 2.5 people are at risk of for dengue because of climate change.
• “Epidemic outbreaks during 2007 in Brazil, Mexico, Honduras, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Bolivia, and Guyana affected hundreds of thousands,” NRDC report said.
• About 56 percent of Americans (175 million people, as of posting) live in counties where one or both of the mosquito species that can transmit dengue fever have become established.

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• Dengue fever toll climbs to 162
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• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

State of Emergency Declared in Cinque Terre, Italy

Village of Monterosso no longer exists: The Mayor

Flooding and mudslides destroy at least two of the five World Heritage-listed ‘Cinque Terre’ villages.

Storms buffeted portions of Italy’s NW coastal regions of Liguria and Tuscany Tuesday, causing severe flash floods and mudslides, destroying at least two of the five Cinque Terre villages and leaving more than a dozen people  dead or missing.

Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 28

[October 28, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,601 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Liguria [and Tuscany,] Italy. Flash flooding and mudslides in the fishing villages of Cinque Terre, located in the mountainous portion of Italian Riviera, has obliterated two of the five communities.
• The two villages of Vernazza and Monterosso have all but been wiped out by torrents of mud and water poured down from the hills behind them.

• “Monterosso no longer exists,” Angelo Betta the village mayor told reporters, describing the event as an “unimaginable disaster.”

• Cinque Terre ["The Five Lands"] is composed of five villages: Corniglia, Manarola, Monterosso al Mare,  Riomaggiore and Vernazza.
• The villages and surrounding area are listed as a a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• The villages were cut off after flooding and mudslides destroyed the region’s  roads and bridges.
• Hundreds of thousands of international tourists flock to the villages each year.

Other Global Disasters

• Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A year after Mt. Merapi erupted, killing at least 300 people and destroying thousands of homes,   many thousands of people remain homeless, a report said.
• “Tens of thousands of people were made homeless by the lahar and the imposition of a 20-kilometer exclusion radius around the volcano’s crater. A year later, many are still living in temporary shelters, despite government pledges to build them new homes in safer areas.”
• “The eruptions last year displaced around 100 million cubic meters of volcanic ash around the mountain,” said the head of the Volcano Investigation and Technology Development Institution (BPPTK).

Related Links

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

North Dakota Declared Disaster Area

Extreme weather, insects and diseases render North Dakota a disaster area

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 52 out of  53 counties in North Dakota as natural disaster areas because of extreme weather, insects and diseases that have plagued the state this year.

Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 27

[October 27, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,602 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• North Dakota. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 52 counties in North Dakota as disaster areas due to losses caused by the combined effects of spring snowstorms, frosts and freezes in late spring and early fall, excessive rain, flooding, ground saturation, landslides, high winds, hail, tornadoes, periods of unseasonably cool spring temperatures, excessive summer heat and weather-related insects and diseases that occurred from Jan. 1, 2011, and continues.

List of 42 counties that are designated as primary disaster areas.  Source: USDA

• The 10 North Dakota counties designated as contiguous disaster areas are Adams, Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, Morton, Sheridan, Sioux, Slope and Stark counties.

• Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota. The following 17 bordering counties in the states of Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota have also been designated as disaster areas:

Source: USDA

Other Global Disasters

• Mexico, Central America and Colombia. More than two weeks of torrential rains, triggering widespread flooding and mudslides and swamping up to 1,000 towns and cities in the region, have displaced or severely affected over a million people, destroying  their food stocks in southern Mexico and Central America.
• “In the Mexican state of Tabasco alone, over 250,000 people have been displaced by the floods and are demanding government aid,” a report said.
• Floodwaters have inundated tns of thousands of farms, destroying or damaging hundreds of thousands of hectares of crops in the region.
• “Drought, freezing temperatures, and floods have contributed to the loss of some 400,000 heads of cattle,” the report said.
  
• The region has also experienced  severe losses in the production of corn, beans and sorghum.
• Colombia. Torrential rains have again hit Colombia, killing at least 35 and severely affecting more than 100,000 people.
• The country hasn’t even remotely recovered from last year’s epic floods, which have contributed to devastating mudslides that have destroyed much of Colombia’s infrastructure over  large areas.
• Famine. Food shortages are forcing up prices, and leaving  thousands threatened with famine, the report said.
• “The price of tortillas, a staple in the Mexican diet, is expected to be 30 percent higher at the end of this year relative to 2010. The expectation for the rise in the price of corn is higher, 56 percent in comparison with last year. The price of beans is already 70 percent higher, and that of vegetable shortening 100 percent, sugar 40 percent, milk 50 percent, rice 130 percent, and bread 60 percent.”
• El Salvador. The Mega Deluge has destroyed more than 40 percent of the corn crop and 75 percent of the bean crop according to preliminary reports.
• Guatemala. At least 40,000 peasant farmers whose entire crops have been wiped out are now facing famine.
• Nicaragua. Mega floods have affected up to 150,000 people, displacing at least 10,000 villagers.

Many of the nearly 1,000 towns and cities that have been inundated across the vast geographical area, which  extends from Mexico to Colombia, would be unable to recover from the ongoing disasters and face certain collapse.

In fact, collapse is already occurring:

• Famine is already present in some parts of Mexico, the Torreón Catholic Diocese has reported.
• “Every day hundreds of displaced farmers and their families flock to this city in Coahuila state to ask for food that they can no longer afford to buy. And it is not just food: the cost of potable water is also on the rise, forcing families to turn to sources of drinking water that are contaminated by parasites and pollutants.”

• Minnesota, USA. Thirty-four counties in the state of Minnesota  have been designated as natural disaster areas due to the combine effects of excessive rain, excessive heat, high winds, tornadoes and an early fall frost that occurred during the period of April 1, 2011, through Sept. 15, 2001, USDA reported.

List of the 11 Minnesota counties designated as primary disaster areas.  Source: USDA

List of the Minnesota counties designated as disaster areas because they are contiguous.  Source: USDA

• North and South Dakota. The following counties in North and South Dakota have also been declared as disaster areas because they are contiguous:
• North Dakota: Richland County.
• South Dakota: Deuel, Grant and Roberts counties.

• Turkey. The powerful quake that struck eastern Turkey together with large swarms of aftershocks have now claimed at least 525 lives, injured 1,650 people and made thousands homeless, officials said.
• Hundreds are still missing under the rubble.
• Survivors are buffeted by freezing rain and snow in worsening conditions.
• There are severe shortages of tents and aid supplies, reports said.
• A major earthquake could yet strike Turkey in 2011/2012 with a certainty of 0.7 (P= 66%).

Related Links

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

• U.S. back-to-back disasters phase has begun

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

Bangkok Primed for Collapse

Collapse of Bangkok Would Follow Classic Pattern

The entire city of Bangkok could be inundated, the Prime Minister has warned, with many parts of the capital submerged by up to 1.5m (5ft) of floodwater.

Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 26

[October 26, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,603 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok is now primed to  collapse. It’s no longer a matter of if but when the city would implode.
• FIRE-EARTH Models show that back-to-back disasters could strike Thailand, targeting the country’s largest urban area and capital city, in the coming months until the region becomes mostly uninhabitable.
• Bangkok is the center of a 20-million megalopolis, with more than 14.6 million people living in the metropolitan area.
• Mesmerized by the 1980s and 1990s Asian investment boom, a large number of multinational corporations set up their regional headquarters in Bangkok. Many of these companies have been inundated and unable to function.
• As of 2010, Bangkok was world’s 73rd largest city.
• The urban sprawl of Bangkok Metropolitan Area extends into five neighboring provinces.
• Bangkok accounts for about 41 percent of Thailand’s 587 billion dollar economy.
• Located in the The Chao Phraya River basin, and split by a major river of the same name, Bangkok [aka, "Venice of the East"] is cross-crossed by a large system of canals and lies just two meters (6.5 ft) above sea level, with its southern periphery bordering the Bay of Bangkok.
• The government has warned that a double whammy of   floodwaters from north running into the sea and high tides in the weekend could overwhelm the entire city, and linger for weeks.
• “After assessing the situation, we expect floodwater to remain in Bangkok for around two weeks to one month before going into the sea,” Prime Minister Shinawatra said.
• Floods have inundated more than two third of the country (62 of Thailand’s 77 provinces), claiming up to 400 lives, destroying or damaging at least a million homes, displacing 2.4 million people and affecting up to 10 million more.
• Thailand is world’s largest rice exporter and was forecast to export about 10.6 million tons (or 31 percent of the global trade) of the grain this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
• About 1.6 million hectares of standing crops (12.5 percent of total national cropped area) is destroyed or damaged according to the latest official estimates released last week. The actual figures could be as high as 3 million hectares or nearly a quarter of the total national cropped area.
• “According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, nearly 9.9 million heads of livestock are at risk. It is expected that this estimate will rise in the central plains as the flood waters are topped by water discharges from major dams which are beyond or almost at full capacity.” FAO said.
• The export price for grade B Thai white rice, Asia’s benchmark, has climbed by 13 percent so far this year to $625 per ton on October 19, reports said.
• As of today, many grocery stores in the capital are rationing what little food is left on the shelves.
• Drinking water has been contaminated in many areas, local reports said.
• About a million people have so far sought medical attention with complaints ranging from skin rashes due to prolonged water exposure to diarrhea and other waterborne diseases.
• Flooding has forced the closure of at least seven industrial parks bordering Bangkok.
• The tourism industry, which employes 2.2 million people and accounts for 6 percent of Thailand’s economy, is also hit hard.
• The cost of damage is estimated at 6 billion dollars and mounting.

[NOTE: Specific details of this forecast, which include the mechanisms of collapse and timeline, are not included. SEE blog content for explanation.]

Related Links

• Floods in SE Asia causing serious food shortages

• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

Floods in SE Asia causing serious food shortages

Widespread flooding and devastation across Southeast Asia destroy millions of hectares of crops: FAO

Heavy monsoon rains since mid-July in some areas have claimed hundreds of lives, displaced millions of people and destroyed homes, infrastructure and agriculture, FAO said. “The floods occurred when the current main wet season cereal crops were in the field, with paddy rice at the initial to mid growing stage, and maize at an advance critical flowering stage”

Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 25

[October 25, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,604 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Southeast Asia. Widespread flooding in SE Asia including Cambodia, LAO People’s Democratic Republic, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, has destroyed millions of hectares of rice paddies and cropland, with the Mekong river basin hit the hardest.
• Heavy monsoon rains heavy rains since mid-July in some areas have claimed hundreds of lives, displaced  millions of people and destroyed homes, infrastructure and agriculture.
• “In addition, loss of livestock and poultry is reported and significant numbers are considered to be at risk.” FAO reported.
• “There are concerns of serious food shortages in the affected communities due to the difficulties in delivering food assistance.”
• Thailand. Floods have inundated more than two third of the country (62 of Thailand’s 77 provinces), claiming about 360 lives, destroying or damaging at least a million homes, displacing 2.4 million people and affecting up to 10 million more.
• Thailand is world’s largest rice exporter and was forecast to export about 10.6 million tons (or 31 percent of the global trade) of the grain this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
• About 1.6 million hectares of standing crops (12.5 percent of total national cropped area) is destroyed or damaged according to the latest official estimates released last week. The actual figures could be as high as 3 million hectares or nearly a quarter of the total national cropped area.
• “According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, nearly 9.9 million heads of livestock are at risk. It is expected that this estimate will rise in the central plains as the flood waters are topped by water discharges from major dams which are beyond or almost at full capacity.” FAO said.
• The export price for grade B Thai white rice, Asia’s benchmark, has climbed by 13 percent so far this year to $625 per ton on October 19, reports said.

• Vietnam. The world’s second largest rice exporter, Vietnam , have seen at least 0.5 percent of its total national cropped areas inundated.
• Cambodia. As of 14 October, at least 1.2 million people were  severely affected by the flooding, which has destroyed thousands of homes and inundated at least 332,000 hectares of rice fields (“at least 158 447 hectares of the crop damaged from the current main wet season, which accounts for about 80 percent of the annual national production.”)
• Philippines. The world’s largest importer of rice has sustained damage to about  420,337 hectares of cropland, according to preliminary records, with losses estimated at about 728,379 tons of rice or 16 percent of the national production. “Overall, latest estimates indicate that about 4 million people have been affected and at least 485 000 hectares of standing crops, including rice, maize and high value commercial crops (HVCC) have been damaged or lost to the floods. The affected cropped area covers 6 percent of the total national cropped area. Additionally, nearly 3.3 million livestock and poultry have been affected.”
• Additionally, some 600,000 tons of milled rice were destroyed from two typhoons that struck the country earlier this year, officials said.
• LAO People’s Democratic Republic. About 430,000 people have been affected and at least 64 000 hectares of rice paddies have been damaged since the end of June, according to official estimates.  However, a detailed assessment of the crop losses is not yet available. Some areas that were affected by floods in June-July were replanted.

FIRE-EARTH models show an average decline of 22% in the global agricultural output in the next four years resulting in MASS DIE-OFFS. About 20 percent of the world population could perish by 2016.

Related Links

• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

Measles Outbreaks Continue in Canada, New Zealand, Europe

Measles Becoming a Global Pandemic, as World Population Approaches 7 Billion

The measles outbreak in Canada is infecting even the vaccinated individuals!

Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 24

[October 24, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,605 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Canada, New Zealand and Europe. As the world population approaches 7 billion (some models suggest the 7 billion mark has already been surpassed), outbreaks of measles are intensifying in various regions across the world.
• Measles is a highly infectious disease that can have serious complications including pneumonia and brain damage, and is potentially fatal.
• The measles outbreak in Canada, Europe and New Zealand are intensifying.  The infection is occurring in both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals, reports said, causing concern over vaccine effectiveness.
• Quebec is experiencing the largest measles outbreak in the Americas since 2000. Some 727 cases were reported between Jan. 1 and Aug. 3,  this year, of which 34 percent occurred among vaccinated individuals.
• In the 2000 measles pandemic, some 40 million cases of infection were reported, killing nearly 2 percent of the patients, or about 800,000 people.
• Since about 1870s, measles has killed an estimated 200 million people worldwide.
• Europe. About 30,000 cases of measles have been reported in Europe this year, with France being the worst hit country.
• New Zealand.  At least 358 cases of measles have been reported in New Zealand so far this year.

Related Links

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

• Dengue fever toll climbs to 162
• Thousands of tourists exposed to measles in New Zealand

Deadly Earthquake Shakes Eastern Turkey

Powerful quake destroys building, kills many in SE Turkish city of Van

“There are so many dead. Several buildings have collapsed, there is too much destruction,” Zulfikar Arapoglu, the mayor of Ercis told NTV television. “We need urgent aid, we need medics.”

Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 23

[October 23, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,606 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Van, Turkey. Many people have been killed in a powerful earthquake that shook the south-eastern Turkish city of Van, a local official told NTV news channel.
• A powerful earthquake measuring 7.2Mw struck eastern Turkey Sunday, destroying buildings and killing many in two cities, officials said.
• Casualties were reported in the city of Van as well as the neighboring town of Ercis.
• “There are so many dead. Several buildings have collapsed, there is too much destruction,” Zulfikar Arapoglu, the mayor of Ercis told NTV television. “We need urgent aid, we need medics.”
• More than 50 people were treated for injuries at the state hospital in Van, Anatolia news agency reported.
• At least a dozen significant aftershocks have since struck the disaster area, Turkey’s Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute  at Bogazici University reported.
• The quake magnitude was downgraded from magnitude 7.6 to 7.3 and later 7.2Mw [depth: 20km] by USGS. Kandilli observatory, however, recorded the event as a magnitude 6.6 shock [depth: 5km.]

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• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

Floodwaters Bury Northern Bangkok

Bangkok flooding to get worse: Experts

At least 113,000 residents have been evacuated as Bangkok flooding reaches crisis point.

Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 22

[October 22, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,607 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History\

• Bangkok, Thailand. Widespread flooding is expected to submerge much of Thailand’s capital within the next four to five days, experts said.
• The authorities are opening dozens of flood gates along the canals that crisscross the capital city in order to speed up the outflow of floodwaters to the sea.
• Flooding has affected about half a million square kilometer of Thailand (total area: 513,115 sq km).
• More than a million homes have been destroyed or damaged by floods, affecting up to 10 million people in 62 of Thailand’s 77 provinces.
• Twenty-eight provinces are currently inundated, with some areas expected to remain submerged for many weeks.
• The reported death toll has climbed to at least 356, with more reported missing.
• The floods have submerged dozens of industrial parks north of Bangkok, destroying about 20,000 factories in 20 provinces, leaving up to a million Thais out of work.
• Floodwaters have submerged more than 4 million acres  of farmland, and ruined about 2 million tons of milled rice.
• The mounting cost of damage is approaching at least $4 billion.
• Bangkok accounts for 41 percent of Thailand’s economy, and any worsening of flood situation could accelerate the city’s collapse.

Other Disasters

• Vietnam. Severe flooding in Vietnam’s central and southern regions have left  at least 59 people dead and forced thousands of others to abandon their homes.
• Flooding has destroyed or damaged about 200,000 homes and tens of thousands of hectares of rice paddies and crop fields.
• Cambodia. Widespread flooding in Cambodia has affected 17 of the country’s 24 provinces, leaving more than 250 people dead or missing and forced the evacuation of about 250,000 people.
• About 200,000 hectares of rice paddies have been destroyed,  the National Committee for Disaster Management reported.
• Myanmar. Flooding in central Myanmar has left at least 200 people dead or missing since Wednesday, a report said.

Related Links

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

Nature Reclaiming Queensland, Australia

West Qld declared a disaster area, as record rains drench north

Fires consume over 4,000km² of grazing and grassland in Australia’s state of Queensland

Raging fires sparked by lightning  across west central Queensland  last week have now consumed more than a million acres of grazing and grassland leaving thousands of cattle without fodder.

Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 21

[October 21, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,608 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Queensland, Australia. Queensland has  declared the  western portion of the state a disaster area, as record rains drench north.
• “Queensland’s weather has turned extreme, with a natural disaster zone declared in the west,” a report said.
• Fires have consumed more than 4,000km² (one million acres)  of grazing and grassland in the Australian state of Queensland.
• Raging fires sparked by lightning  across west central Queensland last week have left thousands of cattle to starve.
• Fires have blackened about 40 farms in Barcaldine region, consuming between 80 and 100 per cent of the grazing land in 10 farms, and prompting the state’s Agriculture Minister to declare the region a disaster area.
• “About 10 per cent of the shire has been burnt,” Barcaldine Mayor said. “There are real fears cattle will perish.”
• The fires have destroyed the cattle farming infrastructure, reducing “thousands of kilometers of fencing, water tanks and sheds” to ashes.
• Three major fires are still burning in the region, two said to be uncontained.
• “On the northeast coast, flood warnings were issued by the Weather Bureau for rivers and streams between Cooktown and Cardwell after some places recorded 500mm of rain for the week.”

Related Links

• Back-to-Back Disasters Could Hit Australia: FIRE-EARTH Forecast [includes an index of recent disasters in Australia.]
• Thousands of Australians Evacuate Flood-hit Queensland (December 2010)

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

Massive Ozone Hole Remains Over Antarctic

The 2011 Antarctic ozone hole peaks at 26.02 million square kilometers

The 2011 ozone hole over the South Pole reached its annual peak on September 12, exposing 26.02 million square kilometers (10.05 million sq miles, or an area roughly three times the size of the United States) of the Southern Hemisphere to harmful ultraviolet radiation.

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Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 20

[October 20, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,609 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Planetary Scale Disasters. The 2011 Antarctic ozone hole peaked at 26.02 million square kilometers on September 12, exposing 26.02 million square kilometers (10.05 million sq miles) of the Southern Hemisphere to harmful ultraviolet radiation, NOAA reported.
• The ozone hole reached its minimum of the season on October 9 when ozone levels dropped to 102 Dobson units.
• The ozone layer which helps protect the Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation is depleted by persisting manmade chemicals that reside in the atmosphere and help destroy the ozone.

Related Links

• Now the planet has two ozone holes!
• Ozone Hole, Fracking and Other Issues
• Arctic Ozone at Record Low: Scandinavia is Toast
• Arctic Ozone Loss Ahoy!
• UV exposure has increased over the last 30 years
• Ozone Holes!
• Antarctic Ozone Depth Down to 100 DU
• The Largest Antarctic Ozone Hole

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

Puerto Rico Declared Major Disaster Area

The White House declares Puerto Rico a major disaster area after Tropical Storm María

Flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm María during the period of September 8-14, 2011 caused substantial damage to buildings and public infrastructure in the island, which had already been severely affected by Hurricane Irene.

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Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 19

[October 19, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,610 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Puerto Rico. The White House has declared Puerto Rico a major disaster area following the damage caused by Tropical Storm Maria.
• Flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm María during the period of September 8-14, 2011 caused substantial damage to buildings and public infrastructure in the island, which had already been severely affected by Hurricane Irene.
• Worst affected parts of the northeastern Caribbean island were the municipalities of Juana Díaz, Naguabo and Yabucoa, the WH said in a statement.
• California, USA. The Bay Area is reportedly the epicenter of a liver cancer epidemic, which is largely caused by hepatitis B viral infection (HBV).
• HBV infection can lead to cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer and liver failure.
• The virus can survive outside of the body for up to 7 days.
• More cases of liver cancer are found in Santa Clara and San Francisco counties than anywhere in the US.
• Called a “silent killer,” HBV is responsible for about 80 percent of liver cancers.
• Liver cancer is deadly, with the five-year survival rate after diagnosis put at 15 percent.
• HBV is100 times more infectious than HIV.
• “San Francisco has about 14 cases of liver cancer per 100,000 residents every year, compared with 9.5 cases per 100,000 people nationwide, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
• About 35,000 people in Santa Clara County live with chronic HBV, a quarter of whom will die from liver cancer.

Related Links

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

Iron Range death toll from mesothelioma rises

82 Iron Rangers die from rare form of lung cancer

At least 19 more people have died from the deadly lung cancer mesothelioma since the 63 reported by Minnesota state health officials in 2010.

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Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 18

[October 18, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,611 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Iron Range (Minnesota), USA. At least 19 more people have died from mesothelioma, a rare and always fatal form of lung cancer, since the 63 reported by Minnesota state health officials last year.
• Caused only by exposure to asbestos fibers, mesothelioma takes about 30 years after exposure to show up.
• Previously it was believed that the Iron Range mesothelioma cases were caused by exposure to commercial asbestos, however, researchers now say that asbestos-like fibers from mining taconite rocks may be responsible for the  fatal disease.
• “Early results also show that 1,681 taconite workers, of about 46,000 who ever worked in the industry, developed some sort of lung cancer. Again, it’s not clear if that rate is higher than normal, and it may never be clear if the cancers were caused by exposure to taconite dust, smoking or a combination of factors.” Said a report.
• “It’s estimated about 80,000 workers have been involved in mining since the first operations began in Minnesota in the late 1800s. Researchers are focusing on the roughly 46,000 people born since 1920 who worked in the production of taconite — a low-concentrate iron ore that has been mined and processed in Minnesota since the 1950s.”

Other Disasters

• Punjab, Pakistan. Death toll from dengue fever in Lahore has climbed to 274, a report said.
• About 28,400 cases of dengue have been reported in Punjab, with more than 17,000 in Lahore alone, the report said.
• Currently more than 330 cases of infection are reported daily.
• Bangkok, Thailand. Death toll from flooding in Thailand has climbed to at least 315, amid growing fears that flood barriers protecting the capital Bangkok will fail, reports said.
• Flooding has affected about half a million square kilometer of Thailand (total area: 513,115 sq km).
• More than a million homes have been destroyed or damaged by flooding, affecting up to 10 million people in 61 of Thailand’s 77 provinces.
• Floodwaters have also inundated “14,172 factories in 20 provinces, affecting 663,218 workers,” according to a senior official.
• Floods have forced about 10 large industrial parks employing a total of more than a million to close.
• About 270,000 workers and residents have been evacuated from the Navanakorn industrial park, located north of Bangkok, after flood protection barriers failed swamping the large estate. The industrial estate was declared “safe” by the authorities on Monday.
• Vietnam. Death toll from has climbed to at last 55 from devastating floods in central and southern provinces of Vietnam, with dozens of people reported injured.
• Record flooding caused by the Mekong river have inundated about 200,000 buildings, “damaging 1,455 km of dykes and 1,300 km of roads,” and destroying tens of thousands of hectares of rice paddies, aquatic farms, sugarcane fields and other cropland, reports said.
• At least 50,000 people have been evacuated from various provinces.
• Central America. Two separate low-pressure weather systems are wreaking havoc across Central America, one moving from the Pacific and the other from the Caribbean. The combined reported death toll from torrential rains, flooding and mudslides in Central America  (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua) and Mexico is reaching 100.
• At least 750,000 people have been displaced as up to 120cm (~ 47 inches) of rain is dumped over the region since last week.
• Honduras. Honduran government has declared a state of emergency in the southern portion of the country.
• Nicaragua. Nicaraguan President has declared a state of emergency as 130,000 people are evacuated. The capital Managua is threatened by flooding as Lake Xolotlan continues to overflow.
• Guatemala. Reported death toll from flooding in Guatemala has climbed to at least 38. The toll is expected to rise, officials said.
• El Salvador. About 40 people are reported dead or missing, with 35,000 others evacuated so far as the government declares a “major emergency.”

Related Links

• Death Tolls Climbing in SE Asia Flooding ‎
• Thailand Flooding at ‘Crisis Level’
• Storms, Flooding Kill Hundreds in Asia

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

More Victims Claimed by Extreme Rains, Flooding and Mudslides Globally

Torrential Rains, Flooding and Mudslides Wreak havoc in Central America, Southeast Asia

Death tolls from extreme rains, flooding and mudslides in  Mexico and Central America continue to climb.

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Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 17

[October 17, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,612 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica. About 90 people have now been reported dead in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua due to Hurricane JOAH,  tropical depression 12-E and two additional storm fronts that brought torrential rains to Mexico and Central America, triggering flooding and mudslides.
• Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from affected areas.
• Many people are reported missing in the region, but no figures have been reported as of posting.
• Bangkok, Thailand. At least 310 people have been killed or reported missing in Thailand worst flooding in living memory in decades and three others remain missing, Thai authorities said.
• At least 61 of Thailand’s 77 provinces have been affected by flooding since the deluge triggered by heavy monsoon rain began three months ago.
• Currently 27 provinces are flooded with more than 4 million acres  of farmland submerged under as much as several meters of water in the worst-hit areas, and with no sign of waters receding.
• Up to 9 million people have been affected directly.
• About one million homes have been destroyed or damaged.
• The main Chao Phraya River that runs through Bangkok is  still at record levels, but government insists that the capital city is “safe.”
• The communities of Ayutthaya and Nakhon Sawan north of Bangkok are completely submerged.
• Floods have forced about 10 large industrial parks employing a total of more than a million to close.
• The official estimate for damage caused by flooding and mudslides in the country, where several provinces are utterly devastated, is put at $3.3 billion so far.

Other Disasters

• Uttar Pradesh, India. At least 430 people including 336 children have died from an outbreak of encephalitis in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, officials have said.
• “The situation is grim and the epidemic is worse than previous years and with so many patients there are no empty beds at the hospital,” said K.P. Kushwaha, chief pediatrician at the BRD Medical College in the state’s hardest-hit Gorakhpur district, AFP reported.
• “We count such cases since January but most of these casualties have occurred since July.”
• More than 2,400 patients have been admitted to state  hospitals in the region so far this year of which at least 430 have died, he added.

Related Links

• Death Tolls Climbing in SE Asia Flooding ‎
• Thailand Flooding at ‘Crisis Level’
• Storms, Flooding Kill Hundreds in Asia

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar