Forest Fires Force Thousands to Evacuate in Canary Islands
Posted by feww on August 12, 2012
Disaster Calendar – 12 August 2012
SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,312 Days Left
[August 12, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,312 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History…
Symbolic countdown began to the ‘worst day’ in human history on May 15, 2011...
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Soaring heat spurs more forest fires across Canary Islands forcing thousands to flee their homes
A new round of forest fires consumed hundreds of hectares on Tenerife and La Gomera islands, two of Spain’s Canary Islands, located off the coast of Africa.
- At least 4,000 people were evacuated.
- The new blazes have consumed a total of about 1,000 hectares on both island.
- Since last week, wildfires have consumed about 4,000 hectares on Canary Islands.
- See also: Disaster Calendar – 5 August 2012
Other Global Disasters/ Significant Events
- East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Death toll from the two strong earthquakes that struck NW Iran on August 11 has climbed to about 300, with more than 5,000 people injured.
- The quakes affected about a 1,000 rural communities, destroying or severely damaging 150 villages.
- Many of the mountains villages are hard to reach by road.
- About 36,000 people were evacuated to emergency shelters, news media reported officials as saying.
- About 70 aftershocks have struck the area, as of posting.
- Texas, USA. Dallas County officials have declared a state of emergency due to rapid rise of West Nile virus infections.
- Dallas County has reported 181 infections, which have resulted in at least nine deaths.
- More than 431 human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in northern Texas with at least 12 fatalities attributed to the infections.
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
- The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities
- Back to the Primordial Future
- The Fate of Energy Dinosaurs
- Mass Die-offs
- 2010 Disasters [Links to 2010 Disaster Calendar]
- Mega Disasters
- 2011 Disaster Calendar
- 2012 Disaster Calendar
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