DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,193 Days Left
[December 5, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
- SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,193 Days Left to the most Fateful 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
Philippines: ‘Entire families were washed away’
Typhoon BOPHA killed at least 325 people and left 380 others missing, despite earlier mass evacuations from coastal areas.
- ‘Entire families were washed away,’ the country’s Interior Minister said after inspecting the disaster area.
- BOPHA brought torrential rain to Mindanao Island, triggering flooding and landslides.
- The typhoon destroyed tens of thousands of homes and makeshift dwellings along its path, destroying roads and bridges and other public infrastructure.
- Torrents of floodwater, mud, uprooted trees and other typhoon debris swept through schools and official building used as emergency shelters.
- ‘The waters came so suddenly and unexpectedly, and the winds were so fierce,’ the governor of Compostela Valley, the worst-hit province in Mindanao told Reuters.
- Up to half a million people remained in shelters, as disaster officials appealed for water, food and clothing.
Other Events
France: The sperm count of French men fell by about a third between 1989 and 2005, researchers said.
- Their average sperm count, millions of spermatozoa per milliliter, fell by 32.3%, a rate of about 1.9% a year; the percentage of normally shaped sperm fell by 33.4%.
Related Links
- BOPHA Strikes Philippines Posted December 4, 2012
- BOPHA Intensity Estimation December 3, 2012
- BOPHA to Plow thru Palau December 2, 2012
- Super Typhoon BOPHA Targets Philippines December 1, 2012
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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- Back to the Primordial Future
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- Mass Die-offs
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- Mega Disasters
- 2011 Disaster Calendar
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