Hungary Declared a Disaster Area amid ‘Unprecedented’ Snowstorm

Hungary deploys tanks as deadly snowstorm paralyzes Eastern Europe

Hungarian government has declared the country a disaster area, sending in tanks to rescue thousands of motorists trapped in snow.

• The Interior Minister has described the disaster as “unprecedented in Hungary.”

• The deadly snowstorm has also struck parts of the Balkans, Belarus, Bulgaria, Poland and Slovakia, reports said.

• At least 12,000 people from more than 5,000 vehicles have so far been rescued and taken to temporary shelters, the Hungarian Prime Minister told reporters.

• “The situation is particularly difficult and serious on the M1 motorway near the town of Babolna where there is a wall of snow, spanning 12 km (7 miles) with some gaps, and due to the strong winds even the deployment of helicopters is difficult,” he said.

• At least a dozen people have so far been killed in weather-related incidents.

• More than  1,000  towns and villages are without electricity throughout the region.

• Heavy rain has hit parts of Bosnia, Kosovo and Serbia, said a report.

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March 16, 2013 — DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,092 Days Left 

Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.

• SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,092 Days Left to ‘Worst Day’ in the brief Human  History
• The countdown began on May 16, 2011 …

GLOBAL WARNINGS

• WARNING: Human impact 2.85 x Earth’s diminishing carrying capacity
• WARNING: RAPID PLANETARY DECLINE IN PROGRESS!
• Europe: The First Phase of Collapse Has Started 
• United States: The First Phase of Collapse Has Begun

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

US Drought 2013: March 12 Drought Map

About two-thirds of Contiguous United States remains ‘abnormally dry’ or  worse

As of March 12, 2013, about 63.67 percent of  Contiguous U.S. was ‘abnormally dry’ or  worse (D0 – D4 drought conditions on the U.S. Drought Monitor scale).

• More than 95 percent of High Plains was ‘abnormally dry’ or  worse last week .
• About 76 percent of the West, 64 percent of South, 51 percent of Midwest, and 45 percent of Southeast were also in D0 – D4 drought conditions last week.

U.S. Drought Map for March 12, 2013; released by the U.S. Drought Monitor on March 14, 2013.

Related Links

• US Drought Conditions March 8, 2013
• Drought Disaster Spreads to Dozens of Counties across 10 States February 28, 2013

FIRE-EARTH Drought Links 2013

• US: Drought Disaster 2013 March 8, 2013
• US Drought Map – February 26, 2013 March 1, 2013
• Disaster declared due to drought, derecho, extreme weather, Hurricane Sandy, snowstorm, nor’easter February 15, 2013
• Drought Disaster Declared in 56 Counties February 14, 2013
• U.S. Drought Disaster Spread to Counties Across 8 States February 7, 2013