Planet Earth 2009

Images of the Week: Coping with Human Abuse!

This is what Earth looked like in 2009—just a few years before she…

As of August 14, 2009 some 116 people confirmed dead in Taiwan with hundreds more uncounted for, feared to have been buried alive by mudslides…

Roads, bridges, riverbanks, homes, hotels and business all demolished and swept away by floods and mudslides in Shaolin Village, southern Taiwan. Photo: AFP. Image may be subject to copyrights.

Southern Taiwan after Morakot. More than 2,500mm of rain, the entire year’s quota,  fell in just 2 days. Photo AFP. Image may be subject to copyright.

Collapse: A bridge collapses on the Maruyama River, Asago city, Northern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. To the Northeast of Taiwan, typhoon Etau killed 13 people in western Japan, when local rivers burst their banks, destroying houses and drowning people in their vehicles. Etau, with winds approaching 130km per hour,  dumped as much as 640mm of rain on Hyōgo and Okayama prefectures and the island of Shikoku. Photo; The Kobe Shimbun/EPA. Image may be subject to copyright.

Related Links:

• Morakot: An Early Dividend of Climate Change
• Typhoon Morakot Churns Over China
• Typhoon Etau Wreaks Havoc Along Coast of Honshu, Japan

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