USDA Declares Rhode Island Agricultural Disaster Area
The entire state of Rhode Island, which includes five counties, has been designated as natural disaster areas due to losses caused by Tropical Storm Irene on Aug. 26-28, 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported.
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- Rhode Island, USA. The entire state of Rhode Island, which includes five counties, has been designated as natural disaster areas due to losses caused by Tropical Storm Irene on Aug. 26-28, 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported.
- The following counties in Connecticut and Massachusetts were added to the disaster list because they are contiguous:
- Connecticut: New London and Windham counties
- Massachusetts: Bristol, Norfolk and Worcester counties
- Connecticut, USA. Seven counties in the state of Connecticut have been designated as primary and contiguous Natural Disaster Areas by USDA.
- The designation follows losses caused by Tropical Storm Irene on Aug. 28-29, 2011.
- The following counties in Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island weer also declared as natural disaster areas because they are contiguous:
- Massachusetts: Berkshire, Hampden and Worcester
- New York. Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester
- Rhode Island: Kent, Providence, Washington
Other Disasters
- Listeria Outbreak, USA. At least 21 people have died and 109 others sickened in 23 states in the listeriosis outbreak linked to tainted Colorado cantaloupes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- The deaths have occurred in Colorado (5), New Mexico (5), Kansas (2), Texas(2), and 1 each in Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.
- Texas, USA. The following table is a wildfire damage update provided by Texas Forrest Service (TFS)
YTD Texas wildfire stats by TFS as of October 7, 2011. [The acreage burnt includes about 3.1 million acres of pasture land.]
- Funafuti, Tuvalu (Pacific Ocean). The world’s fourth-smallest nation located south of the Equator, has declared a state of emergency because it is running out of water.
- Tuvalu, a cluster of small islands about 3,200 km NE of NZ, has a combined land mass of 25 sq km with its highest point rising just 5m above sea level.
- The islands have a population of just over 10,000 on nine sinking atolls.
- Tokelau islands. The 1,400 or so residents of Tokelau islands (colonial name: The Union Islands) are also left with very little drinking water.
- The islands consist of 3 tropical coral atolls with a total land mass of 10 km2, located north of the Samoan Islands and east of Tuvalu.
- The two island nations depend on rain for their drinking water. The ongoing La Nina has caused a severe drought in the past six months.
Related Links
- 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
- 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)
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