FIRE-EARTH Conference in Progress – 053101

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Notice of Resolution: Withdrawal of SEM Support 053001

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Notice of withdrawal of SEM Support for multiple regions

FIRE-EARTH Science Team has resolved to withdraw SEM Support, as of today, for the following areas in N. America, Europe and East Asia:

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FIRE-EARTH E-E ALERT – 053001

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Deadly Cyclone MORA Strikes Bangladesh

MORA devastates Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

Cyclone MORA made landfall between the port of Cox’s Bazar and the city of Chittagong just after 00:01 UTC on  Tuesday.

The cyclone has killed at least 10 people, so far, and forced 300,000 people to evacuate. About 1 million others await evacuation.

Low-lying coastal areas in 17 coastal districts, including Cox’s Bazar and Chittagong, were “likely to be inundated” by a storm surge of about 1.5m above normal levels, authorities warned, as the cyclone headed north.

More than 20,000 shelters in refugee camps for Rohingya in Balukhali and Kutupalong were damaged, according to reports.

“In some places, almost every shanty home made of tin, bamboo and plastic has been flattened,” a community leader told reporters.

An estimated 350,000 Rohingya, who have fled the violence in Myanmar, and were housed in large camps in Cox’s Bazar, have been severely affected.

FIRE-EARTH V-E Alert: CGP5

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[Issued by FIRE-EARTH Science Team.]

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Powerful Earthquake Strikes Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

G-341B

UPDATE
M 6.8 – 27km NW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia
Location: 1.282°S, 120.451°E
Depth: 9.1 km
Time: 2017-05-29 at 14:35:21 (UTC)

M6.6 quake occurs 26km NW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia [USGS]

The quake was followed by at least two aftershocks measuring M5.0 and M4.9 respectively, USGS reported.

EQ  Details

Magnitude: 6.6 mww
Location: 1.265°S, 120.478°E
Depth: 9.4 km
Time: 2017-05-29 at 14:35:20 (UTC)
FIRE-Earth Reference: 000104 – 052701

 

FIRE-EARTH E-E ALERT – 052801

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The Cost and Consequences of ‘Alternative Truth’

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The Natural Boundaries of Untruth in SSPOP

[Prepared by an affiliated team of political scientists.]

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Sri Lanka Hit by a Deadly Double Whammy

Sri Lanka’s deadly floods exacerbate dengue crisis, warns Save the Children – more rainfall forecast

Hundreds killed or missing, and about 500,000 are displaced in the flooding and mudslides triggered by incessant rains, authorities said.

Meanwhile, a surge of dengue fever cases have been reported by NGOs with 53,000 dengue fever cases recorded across the country since January.

“The humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka right now is alarming. The impact of these early monsoon season downpours has been far more devastating than what we’d normally expect this time of year,” said Save the Children Country Director in Sri Lanka.

“We’re particularly worried we could start seeing a further increase in the number of dengue cases because of the stagnant water that the floods will leave in their wake, which is the last thing needed by families and communities that have already lost so much.”

Additional Information:

• http://reliefweb.int/organization/save-children

FIRE-EARTH Tectonics Forecast 000104 – UPDATE 052701

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[Issued by FIRE-EARTH Science Team]

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FIRE-EARTH Alert: WTDG

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FIRE-EARTH E-E ALERT – 000526

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USDA Crop Disaster Designations

Submitted by C.K.

Crop Disasters Declared for 254 Counties Across 11 US States

The disaster areas include multiple counties in Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, Tennessee and Utah.

Release No. 0055.17
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated five counties in Georgia as a crop disaster area due to losses and damages caused by a recent drought. [Total: 5 counties ]

Release No. 0054.17
USDA has designated 26 counties in Florida as crop disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by a recent drought.  [Total: 23 counties ]

Release No. 0053.17
USDA has designated 46 counties in Arkansas, 8 in Missouri, and 4 in Tennessee as crop disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by excessive rain, flash flooding, flooding, hail, high winds and lightning that occurred from April 1, 2017, and continues. [Total: 58 counties ]

Release No. 0052.17
USDA has designated 27 counties in Georgia and six  counties in Florida as crop disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by freeze that occurred from March 15, 2017, through March 18, 2017. [Total: 23 counties ]

Release No. 0051.17
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 21 counties in Florida and one in Georgia as crop disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by a recent drought. [Total: 22 counties ]

Release No. 0050.17
USDA has designated various counties in Delaware and Maryland as crop disaster areas due to losses caused by multiple disasters that occurred during the 2016 crop year. [Total: 18 counties ]

Designation Number 1: USDA has three counties in Delaware and six counties in Maryland as crop disaster areas due to losses caused by drought that occurred from June 1, 2016, through Sept. 29, 2016.

Designation Number 2: USDA has designated three counties in Delaware and six counties in Maryland as crop disaster areas due to losses caused by excessive rain that occurred from Sept. 29, 2016, through Oct. 10, 2016.

Release No. 0049.17
USDA has designated 22 counties in Florida as crop disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by a recent drought. [Total: 22 counties ]

Release No. 0048.17
USDA has designated 32 counties in Georgia, and six counties in Florida as crop disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by freeze that occurred from March 15, 2017, through March 18, 2017. [Total: 38 counties ]

Release No. 0044.17
USDA has designated 28 counties in California as crop disaster areas due to losses caused by severe weather including excessive rain, high winds, cold temperatures and hail that occurred from March 1, 2016, through May 7, 2016. [Total: 28 counties ]

Release No. 0046.17
USDA has designated 15 counties in Idaho, and one each in Nevada and Utah as crop disaster areas due to losses caused by a blizzard, excessive snow, excessive rain, freeze, flooding, flash flooding and high winds that occurred from Dec. 22, 2016, and continues. [Total: 17 counties ]

FIRE-EARTH V-E Alert: PZD4

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[Issued by FIRE-EARTH Science Team.]

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Alzheimer’s deaths increase 55% –CDC

Alzheimer’s: Sixth leading cause of death in the United States

Alzheimer’s disease (Alzheimer’s) is the most common cause and an ultimately fatal form of dementia. It is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, and currently affects an estimated 5.5 million adults, accounting for 3.6% of all deaths in 2014.

A total of 93,541 Alzheimer’s deaths occurred in the United States in 2014 at an age-adjusted (to the 2000 standard population) rate of 25.4 deaths per 100,000 population, a 54.5% increase compared with the 1999 rate of 16.5 deaths per 100,000.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report [CDC]

 

FIRE-EARTH Alert: MBSK

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FIRE-EARTH Presentation: The Cost to Humans – II

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The Problem is “YOU”

[Prepared by an affiliated team of political scientists.]

Parts I and II are available from FIRE-EARTH PULSARS.

 

FIRE-EARTH V-E Alert: TRA3

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[Issued by FIRE-EARTH Science Team.]

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How U.S. Conceived, Nurtured and Continues to Protect ISIL

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US created Islamic State and competing jihadist groups to continue its permanent ‘War on Terror’ unabated

[Prepared by an affiliated team of political scientists.]

• Reports us 01 – 31 are available from FIRE-EARTH PULSARS.

Background:

“US Budgetary Costs of [Lucrative Wars] through 2016: $4.79 Trillion and Counting – Summary of Costs of the US Wars in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan and Homeland Security

• “As of August 2016, the US has already appropriated, spent, or taken on obligations to spend more than $3.6 trillion in current dollars on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria and on Homeland Security (2001 through fiscal year 2016). To this total should be added the approximately $65 billion in dedicated war spending the Department of Defense and State Department have requested for the next fiscal year, 2017, along with an additional nearly $32 billion requested for the Department of Homeland Security in 2017, and estimated spending on veterans in future years. When those are included, the total US budgetary cost of the wars reaches $4.79 trillion.” [That’s about $15,000 for every man, woman, child, and illegal immigrant in the country.]

• How Sick Must it Be to Sell Saudi War Criminals $109 Billion in Weapons

FIRE-EARTH Alert: TNVL

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FIRE-EARTH Alert: MGKF

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31.1 million people displaced within their own country in 2016 – IDMC

Conflict, violence and disasters forced one person to flee every second 

Conflict, violence and disasters caused 31.1 million new internal displacements in 2016, according to a new report released  by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

“In 2016, one person every second was forced to flee their home inside their own country. Internally displaced people now outnumber refugees by two to one. It is urgent to put internal displacement back on the global agenda,” said Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the NRC.

Of the 6.9 million new internal displacements caused by conflict in 2016, 2.6 million took place in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Global Report on Internal Displacement.

Disasters displaced 24 million new victims in 2016, linked to sudden-onset weather hazards such as floods, storms, wildfires and severe winter conditions.

Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) 2017

Terrorists Strike Manchester, UK

Only a handful of terrorist organizations/ governments sick enough to target children

22 killed, 59 wounded in Manchester suicide bombing

At least 22 people, including children, have been killed and 59 others wounded in a suicide attack at Manchester Arena.

A “lone male attacker” detonated a “homemade bomb” in the foyer at 22:35 BST on Monday at the end of a performance by US singer Ariana Grande.

If this sickening act proves to be the work of Wahhabi terrorists, and it most probably was, it would also be a stab in the back for the so-called US presi-dent by the Saudi royal family.

Manchester explosion: Latest updates by Bbc

[Prepared by an affiliated team of political scientists.]

• Reports UK 01 – 10 are available from FIRE-EARTH PULSARS.

Why Are UK Prime Ministers So Evil?

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British PM Theresa May forced into ‘dementia tax’ backtrack after poll setback (UK Report 09)

[Prepared by an affiliated team of political scientists.]

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FIRE-EARTH E-E ALERT – 000522

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