DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,279 Days Left
[September 14, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
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SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,279 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Symbolic countdown to the ‘worst day’ in human history began on May 15, 2011...
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Global Disasters/ Significant Events
- Republic of Niger. Flooding in Niger could destroy its main rice harvest, reports said.
- Floods have already claimed dozens of lives since the annual rainy season began.
- Niger produces about 130,000 tons of rice a year.
- “Most of the rainy season rice crop, estimated at over 80,000 metric tons, risks being destroyed this year,” a Malian official said.
- United States. The Department of Commerce has declared Fisheries Disasters in Northeast, Alaska, and Mississippi.
- Northeast – Several key fish stocks in the Northeast groundfish fishery are not rebuilding and further cuts are expected in 2013. More information here.
- Alaska – Low returns of Chinook salmon to the Yukon River, Kuskokwim River, and Cook Inlet have resulted in a fishery resource disaster have caused a continuation of the Yukon River commercial fishery failure in 2010 – 2012, a Kuskokwim River commercial fishery failure in 2011 – 2012, and a Cook Inlet commercial fishery failure in 2012. More information here.
- Mississippi – Impacted by the massive freshwater impacts from the historic flooding in the lower Mississippi River in the spring of 2011, a commercial fishery failure has been declared for the Mississippi oyster fishery and the state’s blue crab fishery. More information here.
- North Korea. Death toll from recent floods in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has risen to 300, with 600 others reported as missing and many injured, reports said.
- “The floods between mid-June and late August destroyed 87,280 houses and affected roughly 298,050 residents, damaging farmland and social infrastructure such as electric cables, coal mines and railways, according to the KCNA, said a report.
- “The floods between mid-June and late August destroyed 87,280 houses and affected roughly 298,050 residents, damaging farmland and social infrastructure such as electric cables, coal mines and railways, according to the KCNA, said a report.
- Pakistan. Flooding in Pakistan has left hundreds of people dead, injured or missing. Thousands of others are left homeless.
- Ryukyu Islands. Super Typhoon SANBA (TY 17W), near 23.5ºN, 129.1ºE, continues to intensifies moving north (345 degrees) toward Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
Super Typhoon SANBA (TY 17W) and its project path – enhanced IR satellite image. Image source: CIMSS
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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