Illinois suffered major crop losses from severe flooding in the first half of 2011
The fourth-wettest January to June period on record destroyed about half a million acres of crops.
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Disaster Calendar 2011 – September 23
[September 23, 2011] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,636 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
- Illinois, USA. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 46 counties in Illinois as natural disaster areas (27 other counties are contiguous) due to losses caused by excessive rain, flooding and flash flooding that occurred April 1 to July 31, 2011.
- The 46 counties declared primary disaster areas are: Alexander, Brown, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Lee, Madison, Marion, McDonough, Mercer, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Rock Island, Saline, Schuyler, Scott, St. Clair, Stephenson, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White and Williamson.
- The 27 contiguous counties in Illinois that were designated as contiguous disaster areas are: Adams, Bond, Bureau, Clark, Clinton, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Jasper, LaSalle, Macoupin, Mason, Massac, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Ogle, Peoria, Pike, Sangamon, Shelby, Stark, Warren, Whiteside and Winnebago counties.
- Additionally, the following counties in Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and Wisconsin were also included in the disaster designation they are contiguous:
- Indiana: Gibson,Knox, Posey, Sullivan
- Iowa: Clinton, Dubuque, Louisa, Scott, Des Moines, Jackson, Muscatine,
- Kentucky: Ballard, Crittenden, Livingston, McCracken, Union
- Missouri: Cape Girardeau, Lincoln, Perry, Scott, St. Louis, Jefferson, Mississippi, Pike, St. Charles, Ste. Genevieve
- Independent city: St. Louis
- Wisconsin: Grant, Green, Lafayette
Other Global Disasters
- Punjab, Pakistan. An outbreak of dengue fever in Pakistan’s Punjab province has claimed 25 more lives, “including a former cabinet secretary and a college professor,” raising the estimated death toll to at least 80, a report said.
- “On an average, 600 to 1,000 dengue patients have been registered every day in Lahore alone for the past three weeks.”
- Southern Sindh province. Dengue Surveillance Cell has reported more than 200 cases of infection in the flood-stricken southern Sindh province so far this year, most of them in Karachi, a report said.
- Japan. Death toll from typhoon ROKE which struck Japan last week has climbed to at least 11, with 5 people still unaccounted for, Kyodo News reported.
Related Links
- Mega Heatwaves Could Kill Tens of Thousands in the U.S. (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
- U.S. Disaster Losses Mounting
- 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season: AAA (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
- U.S. back-to-back disasters phase has begun
