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DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,342 Days Left
[July 13, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,342 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History…
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on July 13, 2012
Severe frost and freeze in April, ongoing drought prompt agricultural disaster declarations across 11 states
Losses and damage caused to crops due to severe frost and freeze in April, as well as the ongoing drought across most of the U.S. have prompted USDA to declare agricultural disaster areas in dozens of U.S. counties across 11 states.
- Damage and losses caused by drought that began in April 2012 and continues prompted USDA to issue disaster declaration in
- Arkansas: 30 counties
- Missouri: 6 counties
- Georgia. USDA has designated a total of 30 counties in Georgia as both primary and contiguous natural disaster areas in two separate declaration due to frost, freeze, hail and high winds that occurred in April and May 2012.
- Six counties in North Carolina (4), South Carolina (1) and Tennessee (1), are also designated as disaster areas because they are contiguous.
- Iowa. USDA has designated 43 counties in Iowa as both primary and contiguous natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by severe frosts and freezes that occurred April 6-30, 2012.
- Nine counties in Illinois (4), Missouri (1), Nebraska (2) and Wisconsin (2) are also designated as disaster areas because they are contiguous.
Map of U.S. Hazards Outlook for July 20 – 26, 2012, showing persistent severe drought.
Other Global Disasters/ Significant Events
- Japan: Extreme Rain Events. Dozens are dead or missing on Kyushu island in western Japan, after extreme rain events, which began late Wednesday, spawned severe flooding and multiple landslides.
- A record 500 mm of rain fell over a 24-hour period on Aso, Kumamoto prefecture, while scores of homes in neighboring Minami-Aso were destroyed and many more damaged by landslides.
- In Kyushu’s Kumamoto and neighboring Oita prefectures, hourly rainfalls of 106mm were recorded, Japan’s meteorological agency said, while warning of additional rainfall.
- Up to 150,000 people in about 35,000 households were under mandatory evacuation orders.
- Moscow, Russia. Freak storm pounded Moscow, flooding the the historic center of the Russian capital on Friday, said a report.
- At least two people were killed after lightning struck them.
- Further storms could strike throughout the weekend, meteorologist warned.
Black clouds spawned deadly lightning and massive rainstorm over Moscow. Image by twitter user @OksanaGon4arov, via RT.
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