Earthquakes Strike Oklahoma, Texas

HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SEISMIC HAZARDS
EQS IN OKLAHOMA, TEXAS
SCENARIOS: 704, 703,  700, [500,] 09, 08, 07, 02
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M4.2 quake strikes SSE of Medford, Oklahoma

Centered at 36.582°N, 97.614°W the quake occurred at a signature depth of 4.5km (2.8mi), about 27km (17mi) SSE of Medford, Oklahoma.

The quake was one of at least 40 quakes striking Oklahoma over the past 7 days.

EQ Details

Magnitude: 4.2Mw
Event Time: 2014-11-30 10:24:44 UTC
Location: 36.582°N 97.614°W depth=4.5km (2.8mi)
Nearby Cities

• 31km (19mi) NE of Enid, Oklahoma
• 49km (30mi) WSW of Ponca City, Oklahoma
• 123km (76mi) N of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Source: USGS/EHP

M3.4 Quake Strikes SE of Dallas, Texas

Centered at 32.493°N, 97.118°W the quake struck at a shallow depth of 2.8km (1.7mi), about 50km SE of Dallas [FEWW estimate,], Texas.

The event was one of at least five quakes to occur in Texas over the past 7 days. Four quakes struck close to Irving, Texas between 23 and 25 November.

EQ Details

Magnitude: 3.4Mw
Event Time: 2014-11-30 05:52:23 UTC
Location: 32.493°N 97.118°W depth=2.8km (1.7mi)
Nearby Cities

• 6km (4mi) NNW of Venus, Texas
• 8km (5mi) SSE of Mansfield, Texas
• 30km S of Arlington, Texas [FEWW estimate]
• 55km SSE of Irving, Texas [FEWW estimate]
• 253km (157mi) NNE of Austin, Texas

Global Temperature Breaks October Record: Report

EXTREME WEATHER & CLIMATIC DISASTERS
RISING TEMPERATURES
EXTREME WET & EXTREME DRY CONDITIONS
ECOLOGICAL COLLAPSE
SPECIES EXTINCTION 
MAIN SCENARIOS: 900, 888, 808, 800, 797,  777, 666, 560, 555, 444, 300, 123, 117, 114, 111, 101, 100, 097, 090, 080, 078, 071, 067, 066, 047, 033, 027, 025, 024, 023, 022, 012, 011, 09, 04, 03, 02, 01
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Average Global Temperature Breaks October Record: NOAA

The combined average temperature for global land and ocean surfaces (SST) broke the October record last month, at 0.74°C (1.33°F) above the 20^th century average of 14.0°C (57.1°F), reported NCDC/NOAA.

Global Highlights

• Combined average temperature for global land and ocean surfaces for October 2014 broke the month’s record, at 0.74°C (1.33°F) above the 20^th century average of 14.0°C (57.1°F).
• October global SST was 0.62°C (1.12°F) above the 20^th century average of 15.9°C (60.6°F), breaking October record.
• Land surface temperature rose 1.05°C (1.89°F) above the 20^th century average of 9.3°C (48.7°F)—the fifth highest recorded for October.
• Combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for January–October period (year-to-date) was 0.68°C (1.22°F) above the 20^th century average of 14.1°C (57.4°F).
• The first ten months of 2014 were the warmest such period on record, with records dating back to 1880.
• October was the third consecutive month and fifth of the past six with a record high global temperature for its respective month (July was fourth highest).
• 2014 is currently on track to be the warmest year on record.

October saw extreme wet and extreme dry conditions scattered across the globe.

The most recent 12-month period, November 2013–October 2014, broke the record (set just last month) for the all-time warmest 12-month period in the 135-year period of record, at 0.68°C (1.22°F) above average, with November 2013 and May, June, August, September, and October 2014 all record warm for their respective months. (originally published as 0.69°C, corrected 20 Nov 2014)

Details posted at: NOAA National Climatic Data Center, State of the Climate: Global Analysis for October 2014, published online November 2014, retrieved on November 28, 2014 from http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2014/10.

Related Links (Most Recent)

• Global Temperature Reaches Record High in September: NOAA October 21, 2014
• August Global Temperature Breaks Record September 20, 2014
• Hottest June on Record Posted on July 22, 2014
• May Global Temperature Reaches All-time High Posted on June 24, 2014
• Warmest Winter on Record Deepens California Drought Posted on March 18, 2014
• December Ocean Temperature 2nd Warmest Posted on January 23, 2010
• Global Temperature Analysis Posted on January 22, 2014

State of Emergency Declared in Gaza due to Extreme Weather Events

DISASTERS CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
EXTREME WEATHER
EXTREME RAIN EVENTS
FLASH FLOODING
MASS EVACUATIONS
STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED
SCENARIOS  888, 560, 477, 444, 220, 200, 178, 111, 100, 080, 071, 070, 069, 027, 025, 023, 05, 03, 02
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Severe Flooding in Gaza: UN Declares State of Emergency

A two-day Extreme Rain Event triggered severe flooding in Gaza, forcing hundreds of residents to flee the ruins of their homes, and prompting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to declare a State of  Emergency across the war-devastated coastal enclave.

“We are very concerned about such severe storms this early in the season and on the back of unprecedented damage and destruction caused by the recent conflict,” said the UN’s Director of Operations for UNRWA in Gaza.

“We are particularly concerned for those families still seeking adequate shelter and preparing for the winter months, and for the impact the flooding is already having on children unable to attend school.”

“Gaza City is one of five areas in the Gaza Strip, a coastal enclave where UNRWA serves some 1.3 million Palestine refugees across all Areas,” said the UN agency in a statement.

“As a precautionary measure, 63 schools in Gaza City are closed today for the afternoon shift, affecting almost 65,000 students. Forty-three schools in the North Area of the Strip are also now closed.”

“In December 2013, the fiercest winter storm the region has seen for many years, Alexa, hit the Strip, and brought torrential rains and widespread flooding that displaced thousands. Such devastation exacerbates the already poor humanitarian situation for refugees and non-refugees in Gaza, which is dealing with the aftermath of a recent conflict, and an acute fuel and energy crisis.”

The latest episode of War on Gaza, which lasted 50 days, and ended in late August, killed more than 2,100 Palestinians, most of them civilians, said the UN.  A small number of Israeli soldiers and ‘civilians’ in Israel were also killed.

Hundreds Evacuated after Pico do Fogo Eruption

VOLCANIC HAZARDS
LAVA FLOW
MASS EVACUATIONS
SCENARIOS 989, 900, 797, 787, 707, 444, 402, 071, 070, 047, 017, 09, 07, 02
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Lava threatens to bury town on the island of Fogo

Lava is moving close to the village of Portela, near the community of Cha das Caldeiras, situated within the crater of the Pico do Fogo on the island of Fogo [means ‘fire’ in Portuguese,] where more than 1,200 people have been evacuated.

A local vulcanologist reportedly told state-owned Radio Cape Verde the first explosion that occurred on Sunday was “much greater than the one in 1995,” which deposited a layer of ash across the island.

“The eruption was very powerful, but we are appealing to the people to stay calm,” a government minister said.

The eruption was a level 3 on the 9-level volcanic explosivity index, the minister said.

Fogo is one of nine inhabited islands comprising Cape Verde in West Africa.

Multiple Crop Disasters Declared in Five States

DISASTERS CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
DROUGHT
EXTREME RAIN EVENTS
FLASH FLOODING
HIGH WINDS
HAIL
CROP DISASTERS
SCENARIOS  560, 477, 444, 178, 111, 100, 027, 025, 03, 02
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Crop Disasters Declared for 41 Counties across Five States

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared crop disasters in 41 counties across five states—Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Nebraska,Texas—due to the losses and damage caused by extreme weather and climatic events.

Crop disasters caused by drought

• Texas: Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains and Wood counties.
• Alabama: Clay, Cleburne, Chambers, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Shelby,Talladega and Tallapoosa counties.
• Georgia: Carroll, Heard and Troup counties.

Crop disasters caused by excessive rain, flash flooding, high winds and hail that occurred from Aug. 9, 2014, through Oct. 2, 2014

• Kansas:  Brown, Clay, Cloud, Jackson, Jewell, Lincoln, Marshall, Mitchell, Nemah,Osborne, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley and Washington counties.
• Nebraska, Gage, Jefferson, Pawnee, Richardson and Thayer counties.

Crop Disasters 2014

Beginning January 10, 2014 USDA has declared crop disasters in at least 2,768 counties across 41 states. Most of those designations are due to  drought.

Those states are

• Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. [FIRE-EARTH has documented all of the above listings. See blog content.]

Notes:
i. USDA trigger point for a countywide disaster declaration is 30 percent crop loss on at least one crop.

ii. The counties designated as agricultural disaster areas, as listed above, include both primary and contiguous disaster areas.

iii. Some counties may have been designated crop disaster areas more than once due to multiple disasters.

iv. The U.S. has a total of 3,143 counties and county-equivalents.

v. The disaster designations posted above were approved by USDA on October 22, 2014.

Latest/ Recent Crop Disaster Declarations

• Drought Destroys Crops in Five States November 21, 201
• Drought Destroys Crops in Georgia, Florida October 17, 2014
• Crop Disasters Declared in Five States October 10, 2014
• Multiple Crop Disasters Declared in New England October 4, 2014
• Multiple Crop Disasters Occur in 11 States October 3, 2014
• Multiple Crop Disasters Declared in 10 States September 25, 2014
• Drought Crop Disasters Declared in U.S. West  September 18, 2014
• FREEZE Destroys Crops in Ohio, Pennsylvania  September 18, 2014
• Crop Disasters Declared in Five States September 12, 2014
• Crop Disasters Declared in Six States Posted on September 5, 2014
• Federal Disasters
• Drought
• Agricultural Disasters Index

 

The Virginia Company & The Myth of Thanksgiving

Quot of the Day:

“Thanksgiving: an insidious smoke screen”

The US origin story of a covenant with God goes back to the Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony. It is named for the ship that carried the hundred or so passengers, half of them religious dissidents, to what is now Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in November 1620. This compact marked the beginning of settler democracy, which from its inception sought the elimination of the Indigenous. Behind the black clothed and solemn “Pilgrims,” was a corporation of shareholders, the Virginia Company, accompanied by armed and seasoned mercenaries on a colonizing project ordered by the English King James. If any local Natives were present at a colonizers’ celebratory meal, they were surely there as servants, and the foods were confiscated, not offered as a gift. — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

 

FEWW Event Alert – CDNEB

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Fire-Earth Event Alert: CDNEB

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‘RED’ Alert This Time?

ENVIRONMENTAL HOLOCAUST
DEADLY AIR POLLUTION
PROLONGED, RECURRING SMOG
SCENARIOS 797, 699, 444, 404, 402, 222
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Beijing PM2.5 AQI reaches 583; surrounding regions jump off the charts

Beijing health authorities ought to create  new categories for Air Quality Index (AQI) above and beyond the existing EPA health breakpoints, which end with ‘Hazardous.’ Recommendations include ‘DNA-Changing,’ ‘Lung-Sludging,’ “Carcino Delight,’ ‘Two Blocks,’ ‘Breath Taker,’ … and so on.

Image of the Day

Source: http://aqicn.org/city/beijing/

Related Links

• Hazardous Smog Shrouds Beijing, North China (AGAIN) October 9, 2014
• Red Alert as Hazardous Smog Fills N China’s Shenyang March 27, 2014
• 7 Million People Killed by Air Pollution in 2012 March 25, 2014
• EU Capitals Rivaling Beijing Air Pollution March 16, 2014
• eijing 398  February 23, 2014
• Smog and Mirrors in Beijing February 16, 2014
• China’s Air Quality Chart Goes Apesh*t Again October 28, 2013

Earthquakes Strike 11 U.S. States

HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SEISMIC HAZARDS
SCENARIOS 704, 703,  700, [500,] 09, 08, 07, 02
.

Multiple earthquakes strike 11 states, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands

At least 188 earthquakes measuring up to magnitude 4.0Mw have struck 11 states, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands  over the past 24 hours.

The largest quake, as of posting, measured 4.0Mw, occurring 2km (1mi) SE of Medford, Oklahoma, according to USGS/EHP.

Earthquakes also struck Alaska, California, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.

 Related Links

• Significant Quake Strikes Near Irving, Texas November 23, 2014

Red Tides Attack Shenzhen; Beijing Issues Air Pollution Alert

MAJOR DISASTERS
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
RED TIDES
WATER POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION
SCENARIOS 817, 797, 699, 404, 402, 05, 02
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Image of the Day:

Red tides splash on China’s ‘most successful’ SEZ

Shenzhen [Population: ~ 20 million] is a major city in southern China’s Guangdong Province. Located north of Hong Kong, the city is part of China’s first Special Economic Zone (SEZ).

Original caption: Aerial photo taken on Nov. 25, 2014 shows the red tides, a bloom of bacteria that gives a red tint to coastal waters, on the waters of Dameisha in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Li Suren). More images…

Beijing issues air pollution alert

Beijing municipal authorities issued an air pollution alert  Tuesday afternoon, as forecasters warned of serious smog on Tuesday and Wednesday, reported the official Xinhua.

“Air quality index (AQI) in Beijing hit 236 at 6 p.m. with the index of PM 2.5 exceeding 200, according to the Beijing environmental protection monitoring center website.”

The PM2.5 AQI had exceeded the hazardous levels, reaching 361, as of posting.

Industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €189 billion in 2012

Meantime, the European Environment Agency (EEA) reported that air pollution from Europe’s largest industrial facilities cost the region as much as €189 billion in 2012.

The upper estimate of €189 billion [$235b] is approximately equivalent to the GDP of Finland or 50% of the GDP of Poland. The estimated cost was at least €329 and possibly up to €1,053 billion over the period 2008 – 2012, said the report.

 

Intense Seismicity Continues in Iceland

HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SEISMIC HAZARDS
SCENARIOS 704, 703, 702, 701, 700, [500,] 047, 09, 08, 07, 02
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Intense geophysical events could render Iceland uninhabitable: FIRE-EARTH Forecast

The 173rd significant quake to strike Iceland since late August occurred about 4.3km NNE of Bárðarbunga volcano on Monday.

The M5.4 quake, centered at 64.676N, 17.498S, struck at a depth of about 4.1km, said the Icelandic Met office.

EQ Map

Some 173 quakes measuring ≥M4.5 have struck Iceland since August 22, 2014. Source of Map: USGS/EHP.

Related Links

• Significant Quakes Strike Kansas, Oklahoma, Iceland Sept. 30, 2014
• Significant Quakes Strike Iceland September 28, 2014
• ‘Red Warning’ Issued for Iceland Volcano August 31, 2014
• FIRE-EARTH Forecast: Iceland Volcanic Activity June 17, 2011
• The Next Icelandic Volcano Likely to Erupt April 22, 2010

 

Dozens Dead or Missing in Morocco Floods

DISASTERS CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
MAJOR DISASTERS
EXTREME RAIN EVENTS
DEADLY FLOODING
SCENARIOS 900, 477, 444, 111,  097, 071, 070, 066, 047, 027, 025, 023
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EREs Trigger Deadly Flooding in S Morocco

Dozens of people are dead or missing in southern Morocco after severe flooding, triggered by Extreme Rain Events (EREs), swamped large swaths of the semi-desert country, authorities said.

The floods have destroyed or severely damaged scores of homes across  several regions including  Agadir, Guelmim, Marrakesh, Ouarzazate and Tiznite, according to reports.

Hundreds of tourists were forced to evacuated the affected areas.

Significant Quake Strikes Near Irving, Texas

HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SEISMIC HAZARDS
SCENARIOS 704, 703, 702, 701, 700, [500,] 09, 08, 07, 02
.

Texas quake confirms scenarios 701, 700, [500]

Centered at 32.836°N, 96.892°W the quake occurred at a shallow depth of 2.8km, some 5km ENE of Irving, Texas.

EQ Details

Magnitude: 3.3Mw
Event Time: 2014-11-23 03:15:47 UTC
Location: 32.836°N 96.892°W depth=2.8km (1.8mi)
Nearby Cities

• 5km (3mi) ENE of Irving, Texas
• 8km (5mi) W of University Park, Texas
• 9km (6mi) NW of Dallas, Texas
• 10km (6mi) S of Farmers Branch, Texas
• 296km (184mi) NNE of Austin, Texas

Two-percent probability of exceedance in 50 years map of peak ground acceleration. Source: USGS/EHP

Powerful Quake Strikes Omachi, Japan

HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SEISMIC HAZARDS
SCENARIOS 704, 703, 702, 701, 700, [500,] 09, 08, 07, 02
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M6.8 Quake strikes 8km NW of Tanabe, Japan

Centered at 36.7°N, 137.9°E the quake struck at a depth of about 10km, said the local meteorological agency.

The powerful quake, which registered -6 on the local severity scale of 7, was felt throughout most of the main Honshu island.

The epicenter was located about 100km SW of Kashiwazaki Nuclear Power Station in Niigata Prefecture, and about 115km SE of Shika Nuclear Power Plant in Ishikawa Pref., Japan. (See maps Below)

EQ Location Map

Map of Japan Nuclear Power Stations

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FIRE-EARTH Earthquake Forecasts for California and Japan

FIRE-EARTH Science Team has suspended its research on California seismicity to protest Internet censorship, Google’s manipulation of information, theft of FIRE-EARTH intellectual property and other reasons, as stated earlier on the blog.

The Team has suspended its research also on Japan seismicity due to the resurgence of militarism in that country and other reasons that have also been stated previously.

‘Rapid Spread’ of Deadly Plague Threatens Madagascar Capital

EMERGING & RE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
DEADLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
PLAGUE OUTBREAK
SCENARIOS 993, 797, 444, 080, 011, 01
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Deadly Plague Outbreak Kills Dozens in Madagascar: WHO

“There is now a risk of a rapid spread of the disease due to the city’s high population density and the weakness of the healthcare system. The situation is further complicated by the high level of resistance to deltamethrin (an insecticide used to control fleas) that has been observed in the country,” said the World Health Organization (WHO).

Plague – Madagascar

On 4 November 2014, WHO was notified by the Ministry of Health of Madagascar of an outbreak of plague. The first case, a male from Soamahatamana village in the district of Tsiroanomandidy, was identified on 31 August. The patient died on 3 September.

As of 16 November, a total of 119 cases of plague have been confirmed, including 40 deaths. Only 2% of reported cases are of the pneumonic form.

Some 16 districts in seven regions throughout the rat-infested island country have so far reported cases of plague infection. “Antananarivo, the capital and largest city in Madagascar, has also been affected with 2 recorded cases of plague, including 1 death,” said a report by WHO.

Background

Plague is a bacterial disease caused by Yersinia pestis, which primarily affects wild rodents. It is spread from one rodent to another by fleas. Humans bitten by an infected flea usually develop a bubonic form of plague, which produces the characteristic plague bubo (a swelling of the lymph node). If the bacteria reach the lungs, the patient develops pneumonia (pneumonic plague), which is then transmissible from person to person through infected droplets spread by coughing. If diagnosed early, bubonic plague can be successfully treated with antibiotics. Pneumonic plague, on the other hand, is one of the most deadly infectious diseases; patients can die 24 hours after infection. The mortality rate depends on how soon treatment is started, but is always very high. [Source: WHO]

Deadly Earthquake Strikes SW China

HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SEISMIC HAZARDS
SCENARIOS 704, 703, 09, 08, 07, 02
.

M6.3 Quake Strikes Sichuan Province, SW China

At least one person was killed after a strong earthquake struck Kangding County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Saturday, reported the official Xinhua news agency.

Centered at 30.3°N,  101.7°E, the quake occurred  at a depth of about 18km near the Kangding airport, about 40 km from Chengdu, the provincial capital, said the report.

“The quake also affected Zhaodong City in neighboring Yunnan Province.”

Drought Destroys Crops in Five States

DISASTERS CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
DROUGHT
CROP DISASTERS
SCENARIOS  560, 444, 111, 100, 03, 02
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Crop Disasters Declared for 20 Counties across Five States

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared crop disasters in 20 counties across five states—Idaho, Montana, Utah, Washington and Wyoming—due to the losses and damage caused by the debilitating drought.

The disaster designations are for the following counties:

• Idaho: Bear Lake, Boundary, Fremont, Madison,  Bonner, Caribou, Franklin, Teton, Bonneville, Clark and  Jefferson counties.

• Montana: Beaverhead, Gallatin, Lincoln and Madison counties.

• Utah: Cache and Rich counties.

• Washington: Pend Oreille County.

• Wyoming: Lincoln and Teton counties.

Crop Disasters 2014

Beginning January 10, 2014 USDA has declared crop disasters in at least 2,727 counties across 41 states. Most of those designations are due to  drought.

Those states are

• Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. [FIRE-EARTH has documented all of the above listings. See blog content.]

Notes:
i. USDA trigger point for a countywide disaster declaration is 30 percent crop loss on at least one crop.

ii. The counties designated as agricultural disaster areas, as listed above, include both primary and contiguous disaster areas.

iii. Some counties may have been designated crop disaster areas more than once due to multiple disasters.

iv. The U.S. has a total of 3,143 counties and county-equivalents.

v. The disaster designations posted above were approved by USDA on November 19, 2014.

Latest/ Recent Crop Disaster Declarations

• Drought, Freeze Destroy More Crops in U.S. West, Southeast  November 14, 2014
• Crop Disasters Declared in Six States October 23, 2014
• Drought Destroys Crops in Georgia, Florida October 17, 2014
• Crop Disasters Declared in Five States October 10, 2014
• Multiple Crop Disasters Declared in New England October 4, 2014
• Multiple Crop Disasters Occur in 11 States October 3, 2014
• Multiple Crop Disasters Declared in 10 States September 25, 2014
• Drought Crop Disasters Declared in U.S. West  September 18, 2014
• FREEZE Destroys Crops in Ohio, Pennsylvania  September 18, 2014
• Crop Disasters Declared in Five States September 12, 2014
• Crop Disasters Declared in Six States Posted on September 5, 2014
• Federal Disasters
• Drought
• Agricultural Disasters Index

FEWW Event Alert – Coralis

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Fire-Earth Event Alert: Coralis

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Strong Quake Strikes WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia

SEISMIC HAZARD
HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SCENARIOS 703, 700, [500,] 08, 07, 02
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UPDATE @ 15:47UTC – Quake downgraded to Magnitude 6.5Mw by USGS/EHP.  For other details that originally evaded USGS earthquake staff see below.

M6.9 quake occurs 116km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia

Centered at 2.230°N, 127.085°E 2.277°N, 127.055°E the quake struck at a depth of 48.2km (30.0mi) 38.1km (23.7mi), said the erring experts at USGS/EHP.

EQ Details [Take 2]

Event Time: 2014-11-21 10:10:19 UTC
Location: 2.277°N, 127.055°E depth=38.1km (23.7mi)
Nearby Cities

• 122km (76mi) WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
• 167km (104mi) NNW of Ternate, Indonesia
• 168km (104mi) NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
• 227km (141mi) ENE of Bitung, Indonesia
• 995km (618mi) SW of Koror Town, Palau

EQ Details [TAKE 1]

Event Time: 2014-11-21 10:10:20 UTC
Location: 2.230°N 127.085°E depth=48.2km (30.0mi)
Nearby Cities:

• 162km (101mi) N of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
• 228km (142mi) ENE of Bitung, Indonesia
• 996km (619mi) SW of Koror Town, Palau

Tsunami Evaluation

Small tsunami waves were generated, but they posed no threat to the coastal areas.

Other Significant Seismicity

Magnitude: 5.9 – About 216km (134mi) S of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Location:  20.679°N, 120.041°E; depth=10.0 km (163km SSW of Hengchun, Taiwan)
Time: 2014-11-21 @ 03:29:12 UTC

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Significant Quake Strikes S of San Juan Bautista, California

SEISMIC HAZARD
HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SCENARIOS 700, [500,] 08, 07, 02
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 M4.2 quake occurs near San Juan Bautista, California

Centered at 36.809°N, 121.535°W the quake occurred at a depth of 6.6km (4.1mi), according to USGS/EHP.

Earthquake Details

Magnitude: 4.2Mw
Event Time: 2014-11-20 06:26:49 UTC
Location:  36.809°N 121.535°W depth=6.6km (4.1mi)
Nearby Cities

• 4km (2mi) S of San Juan Bautista, California
• 12km (7mi) WSW of Hollister, California
• 12km (7mi) ENE of Prunedale, California
• 18km (11mi) NE of Salinas, California196km (122mi) S of Sacramento, California

Other Significant Seismicity 

• M5.0 — 128km ESE of Mohean, India (7.452°N 94.366°E depth=17.8km) on 2014-11-20 at 06:05:44 UTC
• M5.2 — 39km ENE of Yilan, Taiwan(24.911°N 122.104°E depth=4.0km) on 2014-11-19 at 17:46:21 UTC
• M5.4 — 54km ESE of Namie, Japan (37.343°N 141.585°E depth=35.2km) on 2014-11-20 at 01:51:43 UTC
• M5.1 – 41km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan (30.621°N 131.415°E depth=21.1km) on 2014-11-19 at 14:34:42 UTC

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FIRE-EARTH Earthquake Forecasts for California

FIRE-EARTH Science Team has suspended its research on California seismicity to protest Internet censorship, Google’s manipulation of information, theft of FIRE-EARTH intellectual property and other reasons, as stated earlier on the blog.

The Team has suspended its research also on Japan seismicity due to the resurgence of militarism in that country and other reasons that have also been stated previously.

U.S. Freezes!

DISASTERS CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
PARALYZING WINTER STORM
STATE OF EMERGENCY
SCENARIOS  887, 785, 666, 560, [500,] 444, 187, 177, 157, 111, 078, 063, 027, 023, 02
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NY Declares State of Emergency Amid Deadly Snowstorm

All 50 U.S. states experience freezing temperatures or colder weather as a polar vortex pushes arctic air across the country.

Every U.S. state, including Hawaii, saw temperatures plunge to freezing point or lower on Tuesday, said the National Weather Service (NWS).

State of Emergency Declared in New York

The arctic blast also prompted NY governor to declare a state of emergency in western and central New York due to heavy snow.

The counties included in the executive order are Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Franklin, Genesee, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, Wyoming, and contiguous counties.

“This storm may persist until Friday morning with the potential for another two feet of snow,” said Cuomo, dispatching the National Guard. “New Yorkers in these areas should exercise extreme caution, and stay off the roads until conditions are clearer and safer.”

Up to 1.2 meters of snow is forecast for large swathes of western New York, while several areas could receive as much as 1.8 meters, said NWS.

Deadly Snowstorm

“Four people have died as a result of the snowstorm. Three of them succumbed, apparently from heart problems, two of them while shoveling the deep snow. Another was killed while attempting to push a car out of a drift,” said a report.

Surreal Storm

A New York highway superintendent called the snowstorm “surreal.”

“I’ve been here 33 years and this is one of the top ones,” he told The Buffalo News. “It’s surreal … this is one of the worst I’ve seen.”

Historic Event
“This will be a historic event. Absolutely. It is a historic event,” said a forecaster with NWS.

National High and Low Temperature (for the contiguous United States)
NWS Weather Prediction Center, College Park, MD
Issued 7 pm EST Tuesday, November 18, 2014

High Temperature for Tuesday, November 18, 2014

• 28°C (83 degrees F) at Homestead AFB, FL

Low Temperature for Tuesday, November 18, 2014

• -30°C (-22 degrees F) at Lamar Ranger Station, WY

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Infectious Diseases Kill 1,448 Chinese in October: Report

EMERGING & RE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
DEADLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
SCENARIOS 993, 797, 444, 080, 011, 01
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Infectious Diseases kill 1,448 Chinese, sicken more than 608,000 in October

[Reported cases of] infectious diseases in mainland China killed  at least 1,448 people and sickened more than 609,000 people in October, Xinhua quoted the health officials as saying.

Plague, a Category A infectious disease, killed at least two people, said the report.

Infectious diseases in Category B were responsible for the bulk of the fatalities (1,421 cases reported), with Hepatitis, tuberculosis, syphilis, dengue and diarrhea being the deadliest.

Category C infectious diseases killed 25 people in October, said China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) classifies the Emerging Infectious Diseases in categories A, B and C as follows:

Category A pathogens are those organisms/biological agents that pose the highest risk to national security and public health because they

• Can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person
• Result in high mortality rates and have the potential for major public health impact
• Might cause public panic and social disruption
• Require special action for public health preparedness

Category A Priority Pathogens

• Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)
• Clostridium botulinum toxin (botulism)
• Yersinia pestis (plague)
• Variola major (smallpox) and other related pox viruses
• Francisella tularensis (tularemia)
• Viral hemorrhagic fevers
  • Arenaviruses
    • Junin, Machupo, Guanarito, Chapare (new in FY14), Lassa, Lujo (new in FY14)
  • Bunyaviruses
    • Hantaviruses causing Hanta Pulmonary syndrome, Rift Valley Fever, Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
  • Flaviruses
    • Dengue
  • Filoviruses
    • Ebola
    • Marburg

Category B pathogens are the second highest priority organisms/biological agents. They

• Are moderately easy to disseminate
• Result in moderate morbidity rates and low mortality rates
• Require specific enhancements for diagnostic capacity and enhanced disease surveillance

Category B Priority Pathogens

• Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis)
• Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
• Brucella species (brucellosis)
• Burkholderia mallei (glanders)
• Chlamydia psittaci (Psittacosis)
• Ricin toxin (Ricinus communis)
• Epsilon toxin (Clostridium perfringens)
• Staphylococcus enterotoxin B (SEB)
• Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii)
• Food- and waterborne pathogens
  • Bacteria
    • Diarrheagenic E.coli
    • Pathogenic Vibrios
    • Shigella species
    • Salmonella
    • Listeria monocytogenes
    • Campylobacter jejuni
    • Yersinia enterocolitica
  • Viruses
    • Caliciviruses
    • Hepatitis A
  • Protozoa
    • Cryptosporidium parvum
    • Cyclospora cayatanensis
    • Giardia lamblia
    • Entamoeba histolytica
    • Toxoplasma gondii
    • Naegleria fowleri (new in FY14)
    • Balamuthia mandrillaris (new in FY14)
  • Fungi
    • Microsporidia
• Mosquito-borne encephalitis viruses
  • West Nile virus (WNV)
  • LaCrosse encephalitis (LACV)
  • California encephalitis
  • Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE)
  • Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE)
  • Western equine encephalitis (WEE)
  • Japanese encephalitis virus (JE)
  • St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV)

Category C pathogens are the third highest priority and include emerging pathogens that could be engineered for mass dissemination in the future because of

• Availability
• Ease of production and dissemination
• Potential for high morbidity and mortality rates and major health impact

Category C Priority Pathogens

• Nipah and Hendra viruses
• Additional hantaviruses
• Tickborne hemorrhagic fever viruses
  • Bunyaviruses
    • Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome virus (SFTSV), Heartland virus
  • Flaviruses
    • Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever virus, Alkhurma virus, Kyasanur Forest virus
• Tickborne encephalitis complex flaviviruses
  • Tickborne encephalitis viruses
  • European subtype
  • Far Eastern subtype
  • Siberian subtype
  • Powassan/Deer Tick virus
• Yellow fever virus
• Tuberculosis, including drug-resistant TB
• Influenza virus
• Other Rickettsias
• Rabies virus
• Prions
• Chikungunya virus
• Coccidioides spp.
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV), MERS-CoV, and other highly pathogenic human coronaviruses (new in FY14)
• Antimicrobial resistance, excluding research on sexually transmitted organisms*
  • Research on mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance
  • Studies of the emergence and/or spread of antimicrobial resistance genes within pathogen populations
  • Studies of the emergence and/or spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in human populations
  • Research on therapeutic approaches that target resistance mechanisms
  • Modification of existing antimicrobials to overcome emergent resistance
• Antimicrobial research, as related to engineered threats and naturally occurring drug-resistant pathogens, focused on development of broad-spectrum antimicrobials

*NIAID Category C Antimicrobial Resistance—Sexually Transmitted Organisms Excluded

• Bacterial vaginosis, Chlamydia trachomatis, cytomegalovirus, Granuloma inguinale, Hemophilus ducreyi, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, herpes simplex virus, human immunodeficiency virus, human papillomavirus, Neisseria gonorrhea, Treponema pallidum, Trichomonas vaginalis

 

‘Highly Contagious’ Strain of Bird Flu Discovered in Holland

EMERGING & RE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS STRAIN OF AVIAN FLU
ZOONOTIC DISEASES
EUROPEAN HEALTH EMERGENCY
SCENARIOS 993, 797, 444, 080, 011, 01
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Zoonotic H5N8 bird flu strain highly contagious: Dutch gov

The Dutch government has warned the highly contagions strain, H5N8, could be transmitted from poultry to humans, and have imposed a three-day nationwide ban on the transportation of poultry and eggs.

Authorities are destroying more than 150,000 birds at the infected farm, in the village of Hekendorp, and  have set up a 10-km (six-mile) exclusion zone, said local reports.

Some 700 Dutch poultry farms export more than 6 billion eggs each year.

H5N8 cases have also been reported in China, Germany, Japan and the UK, so far this year.

The deadly H5N1 strain has a mortality rate of about 60% in humans, killing about 400 people over the past ten years.

FIRE-EARTH Models estimate that more than 500 million birds have been destroyed over the past 10 years to prevent the spread of various avian flu strains.

‘Severe’ Earthquake Rattles New Zealand

SEISMIC HAZARD
HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SCENARIOS 700, 500, 09, 08, 07, 02
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M6.7 Quake Strikes Near North Island New Zealand

Centered at 37.682°S, 179.685°E the quake struck offshore at a depth of 22.0km (13.7mi), said USGS/EHP.

EQ Details [USGS/EHP]
Magnitude: 6.7Mw
Event Time: 2014-11-16 22:33:20 UTC
Location: 37.682°S 179.685°E depth=22.0km (13.7mi)
Nearby Cities:

• 182km (113mi) NE of Gisborne, New Zealand
• 239km (149mi) E of Whakatane, New Zealand
• 306km (190mi) E of Rotorua, New Zealand
• 581km (361mi) NE of Wellington, New Zealand

Tsunami Evaluation

Small tsunami waves were generated, but they posed no threat to the coastal areas.

DYFI?

A resident in the town of Whakatane, located about 240km from the epicenter, described the quake as the “worst” she’d felt in a long time.

“[The] floor moved under me, vertical blinds really swayed, [it] went on for several minutes.”

EQ Deatils [Local Agency]
Magnitude: 6.5
Depth: 31 km
Location: 37.65°S, 179.87°E (155 km east of Te Araroa)

Other Significant Seismicity
M6.1 – 245km SW of Gizo, Solomon Islands
Event Time: 2014-11-17 01:06:00 UTC
Location: 9.553°S 155.151°E depth=25.2km (15.7mi)
Nearby Cities:

• 371km (231mi) S of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
• 526km (327mi) E of Alotau, Papua New Guinea
• 527km (327mi) W of Honiara, Solomon Islands
• 657km (408mi) SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

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Deadly Storms Continue to Wreak Havoc in Italy

EXTREME WEATHER & CLIMATIC DISASTERS
EXTREME RAIN EVENTS
SEVERE FLOODING
DEADLY MUDSLIDES
CROP DISASTERS
SCENARIOS  900, 888, 444, 111, 070, 066, 027, 025, 024, 023, 022, 09, 02
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Mudslides triggered by EREs claim more lives in Italy

Extreme weather events have left at least a dozen people dead in Italy during the past four weeks.

The Liguria region has received more rain over the past two weeks than it normally gets in the entire year, said a report.

Extreme Rain Events (EREs) since mid October have swamped large swathes of Italy, inundating homes, businesses and infrastructure, causing damage estimated at up to two billion dollars so far.

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