National poverty rate climbed for a third consecutive year to 15.1 percent in 2010
The number of poor Americans in 2010 rose to its highest level since 1958 when the Census Bureau began publishing poverty estimates.
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Disaster Calendar 2011 – September 13
[September 13, 2011] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,646 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
- USA. At least 46 million Americans lived below the official poverty line (the US poverty line is defined as an annual income of $22,314 or less for a family of four and $11,139 for a single person).
- The national poverty rate climbed for a third consecutive year to 15.1 percent in 2010.
- The number of poor Americans in 2010 rose to its highest in 52 years since the Census Bureau began publishing poverty estimates.
- Of the 34 OECD countries, only Chile, Israel and Mexico have higher rates of poverty than the United States.
- 25.8% of the black and 25.3% of Hispanic people live in poverty.
- Thailand. Weeks of torrential rains and the impact of typhoon Nock-Ten have cause widespread flooding and large-scale mudslides in Thailand since late July. The extreme climatic events have claimed at least 84 lives, with a dozen others reported as missing.
- At least quarter of a million people have been affected.
- About 1,000 homes were reportedly destroyed under three meters of floodwaters.
- Flood and mudslide warnings have been issued to residents in 35 of Thailand’s 76 provinces.
- More than 1.5 million acres of crops are destroyed.
- At least 53 highways are destroyed or severely damaged.
- Vietnam. Severe flooding caused by torrential rains in Vietnam has destroyed/damaged about 2,000 homes and up to 200,000 acres of rice paddies, leaving at least 4 people dead.
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