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Posted by feww on April 7, 2014
The Oval Office Occupant (30) has declared a major disaster exists in the State of Oregon in the ares affected by the severe winter storm during the period of February 6-10, 2014.
Areas worst affected by the disaster are the counties of Benton, Lane, Lincoln, and Linn.
Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments, FEMA said.
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Posted by feww on April 4, 2014
Flash flooding has claimed at least 6 lives, left dozens missing and more than 10,000 homeless in the Solomon Islands’ capital Honiara (population: ∼ 70,000), prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency.
“This is the worst disaster the nation has seen,” said the Solomon Star newspaper.
Extreme Rain Events lasting for about a week caused the main Matanikau River to burst its banks, sweeping away entire communities. The rain and flooding continue.
A spokesperson from the National Disaster Management Office said the office will assess the damage to map out the cost but said it will be costly.
“Homes were swept away by flash floods, lives were lost, properties damaged but the real extent of the damage is still sketchy,” the spokesman said.
“Matanikau River caused significant damage and there are other reports from other parts of Guadalcanal that were hard hit on Thursday.”
He said the Guadalcanal plains were also affected.
“Reports from those areas were that homes were flooded and food gardens wiped out.
“Lunga River also unleashed her might yesterday affecting a lot of residents in Lunga.”
The old one-lane Mataniko bridge is gone. On the Guadalcanal plains, hundreds of villagers headed for the hills last night as flooding took away homes. This is the worst disaster the nation has seen. Solomon Star News
Meanwhile a magnitude 6Mw quake struck about 28km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
Magnitude: 6.0Mw
Event Time: 2014-04-04 11:40:32 UTC
Location: 10.530°S 161.672°E
Depth: 63.8km (39.6mi)
Nearby Cities: 28km (17mi) WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
224km (139mi) ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands
Source: USGS/EHP
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Posted by feww on April 4, 2014
The Oval Office Occupant (30) has declared a major disaster in the State of Washington in the area affected by flooding and mudslides beginning on March 22, 2014, and continuing.
The worst affected by the disaster are individuals in Snohomish County, including the Sauk-Suiattle, Stillaguamish, and Tulalip Tribes.
FEMA said additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.
Death Toll
The death from mudslide in Oso that wiped out a community om March 22, has risen to at least 30, with 13 people still missing.
Massive walls of mud, rock and debris buried the community destroying dozens of homes after a rain-soaked hillside collapsed above the north fork of Stillaguamish River.
A 54m (177ft) wall of rain-sodden earth separated from foothills of the Cascade Mountains along the Stillaguamish River, leaving a trail of mud, rock and debris up to 5m deep. It buried communities near the town of Oso, north of Seattle. FIRE-EARTH estimates the slide moved about 50 million tons of mud, rock and debris. Photo: WSDOT, Handout.
Related Links
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Posted by feww on April 4, 2014
Drought Levels D0 to D4, Abnormally Dry to Exceptional Drought, covered about 52.88 percent of the land area in the contiguous United States, up from 51.98 percent last week, according to the US Drought Monitor.
U.S. Drought Class Change (1 week ending April 1, 2014). Source: U.S. Drought Monitor
The West
Areas covered by drought levels D0 – D4 increased marginally to 71.89 percent . California’s snow-water equivalent is only 32 percent of the average for April 1, when snowpack is at its peak level before the spring melt.
Midwest
D0-D4 drought levels spread to 40.57 percent of the region from 35.15 percent last week. The total area covered by snow in the northern Great Lakes region was 56.2% as of April 1, 2014, according to NWS/NOHRSC.
South: Texas
San Angelo Area reservoirs are currently 7.9% full while the Panhandle Planning Region reservoirs are just 1.7% full.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA has designated a total of 45 counties in Texas and Oklahoma as crop disaster areas due to the worsening drought.
Those areas are
Since January 10, 2014 USDA has declared at least 909 counties across 16 states as crop disaster areas due to worsening drought.
Notes:
i. USDA trigger point for a countywide disaster declaration is 30 percent crop loss on at least one crop.
ii. The total number of counties designated as agricultural disaster areas includes both primary and contiguous disaster areas.
iii. A number of 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 April 2, 2014.
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Posted by feww on April 1, 2014
More than two dozen people are dead or reported as missing, after extreme rain events battered south China, said the Ministry of Civil Affairs on Tuesday.
Extreme rain and flooding have affected more than 1.16 million people in seven Chinese provinces —Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing and Guizhou—forcing at least 17,000 to flee their homes, said the ministry.
“A total of 6,600 people are in need of emergency sustenance assistance, it said, while 1,600 houses have been toppled and 55,000 damaged,” said Xinhua.
Floodwaters have destroyed 47,600 hectares of crops causing direct economic losses of more than $105 million U.S. dollars.
The fierce storm system has dumped about 300 mm of rain, the equivalent of about two months’ rainfall, in some areas since March 27.
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Posted by feww on April 1, 2014
The worst of the damage occurred in Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Person, and Randolph counties.
For previous Federal/ Major Disaster Declarations, search blog content.
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Posted by feww on March 30, 2014
More than quarter of million people have taken refuge in neighboring countries and at least 800,000 have been displaced internally.
Fighting erupted between the troops loyal to Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan and and his deputy, Riek Machar, in December 2013.
Despite a ceasefire agreement in January, fighting has continued.
Food security
The conflict has caused “a serious deterioration in the food security situation” leaving around 3.7 million people at high risk,” said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
“Fighting between government and opposition forces has continued, especially in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile state, where towns and rural areas have been ravaged by the violence.”
Nearly 5 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, however “the remote and dispersed placement sites make it difficult to reach many of South Sudan’s conflict-affected people,” says the UN.
A large number of South Sudanese war refugees have crossed the border Ethiopia since fighting erupted in December. Many others have fled to Kenya, Sudan and Uganda, while the internally displaced have sought shelter in UN bases, according to reports.
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Posted by feww on March 28, 2014
Drought conditions D0 (Abnormally Dry) to D4 (Exceptional Drought) cover 51.95 percent of land area in the U.S., up more than 0.5 percent since last week, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Drought Monitor
US Drought Conditions D0 – D4
Weekly Drought Map for the Contiguous United States. Sourced from US Drought Monitor. Map Enhanced by FIRE-EARTH Blog.
Since January 10, 2014, at least 864 counties across 16 states have been declared as crop disaster areas by USDA due to worsening drought.
Notes:
i. USDA trigger point for a countywide disaster declaration is 30 percent crop loss on at least one crop.
ii. The total number of counties designated as agricultural disaster areas includes both primary and contiguous disaster areas.
iii. A number of 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 latest disaster designations were issued by USDA for a total of 59 counties in five states—Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas and Arizona—on March 26, 2014.
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Posted by feww on March 27, 2014
The U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA has designated a total of 59 counties in five states—Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas and Arizona—as multiple crop disaster areas due to the worsening drought.
Those areas are
Texas: Hall, Briscoe, Collingsworth, Donley, Childress, Cottle and Motley counties.
Oklahoma: Alfalfa, Caddo, Major, Blaine, Custer, Grady, Kiowa,
Canadian, Dewey, Grant, Washita, Comanche, Garfield, Kingfisher, Woods and Woodward counties.
Kansas: Barton, Ellsworth, Kiowa, Mitchell, Edwards, Jewell, Lincoln, Osborne, Smith, Russell, Barber (2 designations), Ellis, Ottawa, Republic, Clark, Ford, Pawnee, Rice, Cloud, Hodgeman, Phillips, Rooks, Comanche, McPherson, Pratt, Stafford, Saline, Rush and Harper.
Nebraska: Franklin, Nuckolls and Webster counties.
Arizona: Santa Cruz, Cochise and Pima counties.
Since January 10, 2014 USDA has declared at least 864 counties across 16 states as crop disaster areas due to worsening drought.
Notes:
i. USDA trigger point for a countywide disaster declaration is 30 percent crop loss on at least one crop.
ii. The total number of counties designated as agricultural disaster areas includes both primary and contiguous disaster areas.
iii. A number of 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 were approved by USDA on March 26, 2014.
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Posted by feww on March 21, 2014
Texas Drought Crop Disaster Designations
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 32 counties in Texas as crop disaster areas due to the worsening drought.
Those counties are Bosque, Hemphill, Montague, Tarrant, Ellis, Hood, Parker, Wheeler, Erath, Johnson, Somervell, Clay, Dallas, Gray, Jack, Collingsworth, Denton, Hamilton, Kaufman, Comanche, Donley, Henderson, Lipscomb, Cooke, Eastland, Hill, McLennan, Coryell, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Roberts and Wise.
Oklahoma Drought Crop Disaster Designations
The following areas in Oklahoma have also been designated as crop disaster areas: Beckham, Ellis, Jefferson, Love and Roger Mills counties.
Idaho Drought Crop Disaster Designations
USDA has also designated nine counties in Idaho as crop disaster areas due to the drought.
Those counties are Elmore, Ada, Boise, Custer, Owyhee, Blaine, Camas, Gooding and Twin Falls.
Since January 10, 2014 USDA has declared 805 counties across 16 states as crop disaster areas due to worsening drought.
Notes:
i. USDA trigger point for a countywide disaster declaration is 30 percent crop loss on at least one crop.
ii. The total number of counties designated as agricultural disaster areas includes both primary and contiguous disaster areas.
iii. A number of counties 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 were approved by USDA on March 19, 2014.
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Posted by feww on March 19, 2014
Up to 40,000 liters of crude oil leaked into the Oak Glen Nature Preserve about 400 meters from the Great Miami River, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency estimates.
Stream of crude oil leaked from Sunoco pipeline runs across Oak Glen Nature Preserve in Ohio. Source: EPA.
“The leak, which occurred on a line operated by Mid-Valley Pipeline Co, a division of Sunoco, was discovered at 8:20 p.m. EDT on Monday (0020 GMT Tuesday). The company shut the line, which helped reduce the pressure of the leaking oil, an EPA spokeswoman said, but it was unclear if oil was still spewing from the pipe.” Reuters reported.
“The extent of impact to the resource is currently unknown,” according to a statement issued by the Great Parks of Hamilton County, which oversees the Oak Glen preserve. “The EPA is assessing the situation to determine appropriate action.”
Sunoco Logistics Asset Map. Source: Sunco website
The 1650-km pipeline runs from Longview, Texas (about 125 miles east of Dallas), to Samaria, Michigan about 12 miles north of Toledo, delivering crude oil to refineries, mostly in the U.S. Midwest, said the report.
Previous leaks
“A system-wide inspection of the 1,119-mile-long pipeline in 2009 resulted in the company paying a $48,700 fine in 2012 for failing to address corrosion problems in the pipeline at the Oregon refinery for three years.” CinCinnati.com said.
According to Great Parks’ website the 364-acre Preserve comprises “rugged hills with a rich diversity of native trees, shrubs and wildflowers.”
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Posted by feww on March 18, 2014
The warmest winter on record has worsened the persistent drought across the Golden State, according to the latest data released by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).
The most overpopulated state in the U.S. experienced an average temperature of 8.9ºC (48 degrees) between December and February, more than 2.4 degrees Celsius (4.4ºF) hotter than the 20th-century average, exceeding the previous record, set in 1980/81, by 0.4ºC (0.8ºF).
California also experienced its driest year to winter by March on record, with the average precipitation 4.5 inches which was 38% of last winter’s 11.7 inches.
In comparison, the winter precipitation total for the contiguous U.S. reached 5.69 inches, 1.10 inches below long-term average, making the it the ninth driest winter on record.
Much of the West and Great Plains were much drier than average. Arizona (fourth warmest winter), California (warmest winter, and driest bu March), New Mexico, and Texas (lowest reservoir levels in 25 years) each had a top ten dry winter season, said NCDC.
Below-average precipitation was prevalent in parts of the Southeast, the Northern and Southern Plains, and the Southwest. Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma had February precipitation totals that were top ten dry, said NCDC.
California Drought Conditions
As of March 11, 2014, at least (!) 99.99 percent of California was covered by drought conditions, including 22.37 percent in Exceptional Drought, 43.53 percent in Extreme Drought and 24.91 percent in Severe Drought.
California Drought Map as of March 11, 2014. Source: US Drought Monitor. Map enhanced by FIRE-EARTH.
State of Emergency
Governor Brown proclaimed a State of Emergency on January 27 amid the worsening statewide drought. He called the “really serious,” adding that 2014 could be California’s third consecutive dry year. “In many ways it’s a mega-drought.”
California State Resources
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Drought Information – Water Resources – State of California
Water years 2012 and 2013 were dry statewide, especially in parts of the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California. Water year 2014, which began on October 1st, continues this trend. Precipitation in some areas of the state is tracking at about the driest year of record.
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Posted by feww on March 15, 2014
On the third anniversary of war of terror waged by Saudi Arabia and Israel against the Syrian people, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, said: “three years have passed on this horrible Syrian crisis and that means more displaced people to expect. Today we have around 2.6 million Syrians displaced to neighboring countries and more than 6.5 million Syrians displaced inside Syria.”
Guterres expressed his gratitude to the “generosity of the Lebanese and the government of Lebanon,” for hosting most of the displaced Syrian refugees.
He called on the international community to “show more solidarity with Lebanon and provide financial support and share with it the burden because Lebanon cannot be left alone to confront the big challenges in these hard conditions.”
Meantime, Israeli forces continued shelling the Lebanese-Syrian border.
Return of Polio
In October 2013, an outbreak of polio was reported in Syria, more than a decade after the disease had been eradicated from the country.
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Posted by feww on March 13, 2014
1. Texas. USDA designates 8 counties in Texas as Crop Disaster Areas due to the worsening drought. The counties are Gonzalez, Caldwell, Fayette, Karnes, Wilson, DeWitt, Guadalupe and Lavaca
2. New Mexico.USDA designates 6 counties in New Mexico and one in Texas as Crop Disaster Areas also due to the worsening drought. The disaster areas are
Since January 10, 2014 USDA has declared 759 counties across 16 states as crop disaster areas due to drought.
Notes:
i. USDA trigger point for a countywide disaster declaration is 30 percent crop loss on at least one crop.
ii. The total number of counties designated as agricultural disaster areas includes both primary and contiguous disaster areas.
iii. A number of counties 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 were approved by USDA on March 12, 2014.
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Posted by feww on March 10, 2014
“Continuing hot on the heels of the ‘Angry Summer’ of 2012/2013, Australians again endured record breaking extreme events this summer.” —Climate Council of Australia
Intense and prolonged heatwaves and record hot days, severe drought and rainfall deficiency, and bushfires dominated the 2013/2014 summer, according to the latest “Angry Summer” report issued by the Australian Climate Council.
The report finds that many of Australia’s largest population centers face increased risk from extreme weather events, including heatwaves, drought and bushfires, impact of which are serious and costly on people, property, communities and the environment.
Examples of the extreme weather events include
Record high maximum temperatures plagued more than 8.8 percent of Australia during the first four days of January, including 17 percent of New South Wales, 17 percent of the Northern Territory, 16 percent of Queensland and 8 percent of South Australia, said the report.
Record-breaking heatwaves significantly impacted Australia’s major population centers.
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Posted by feww on March 9, 2014
The storm caused widespread losses and damage across at least 39 counties throughout the Empire State of the South.
Areas worst affected by the storm were the counties of Baldwin, Bulloch, Burke, Butts, Candler, Carroll, Columbia, Coweta, Dade, Emanuel, Fayette, Fulton, Gilmer, Glascock, Hancock, Haralson, Heard, Jasper, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, McDuffie, Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, Newton, Pickens, Pike, Richmond, Screven, Spalding, Upson, Walker, Warren, Washington, Whitfield, and Wilkes.
Recent Federal Disaster Declarations
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Posted by feww on March 7, 2014
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared 83 counties in 12 states as crop disaster areas, in seven separate designations, due to the drought, and deluge.
The disaster designations are for the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.
1. Texas Drought Disaster Designations. USDA has designated six counties in Texas as drought disaster areas due to the worsening drought.
Those counties are Victoria, Calhoun, Goliad, Lavaca, DeWitt, Jackson and Refugio.
2. Arizona Drought Disaster Designations. USDA has designated 24 counties in Arizona and 5 bordering states as crop disaster areas due to the worsening drought.
3. Idaho Drought Disaster Designations encompassing Nevada and Oregon
4. New Mexico Drought Disaster Designations encompassing Arizona, Colorado, Utah
5. Nevada Drought Disaster Designations encompassing California
6. Wisconsin Drought Disaster Designations encompassing Minnesota
USDA has designated five counties in Wisconsin and one in Minnesota as crop disaster areas due to extremely hot weather and severe drought conditions that occurred in 2013.
7. North Carolina Disaster Designations. USDA has designated nine counties in North Carolina as crop disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by the combined effects of excessive rains and flooding that began June 1, 2013, and continues.
Those counties are Cumberland, Hoke, Bladen, Moore, Robeson, Scotland, Harnett, Richmond and Sampson.
Between January 10 and March 5, 2014 USDA has declared 744 counties across 16 states as crop disaster areas due to drought.
Notes:
i. USDA trigger point for a countywide disaster declaration is 30 percent crop loss on at least one crop.
ii. The total number of counties designated as agricultural disaster areas includes both primary and contiguous disaster areas.
iii. A number of counties 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 were approved by USDA on February 26, 2014.
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Posted by feww on February 27, 2014
Britain had the wettest winter since records began in 1766, with 435mm of rain recorded up to February 24, said the UK Met Office.
New records were set in many parts of the UK, with southeast and central southern England receiving more than double the average winter rainfall. And more rain is expected…
Ferocious storms have caused extensive damage along the coastal areas, cutting off a major rail link and flooding thousands of homes.
Some 25 square miles of land have been inundated in the Somerset Levels, as well as towns and villages along River Thames.
More than 6,500 properties have been flooded in England and Wales since December.
The cost of damage could top $2billion.
Britain has seen record rainfall this winter … more rain forecast. Source: UK Met Office.
Average Temperatures
The UK has been experiencing a warmer than average winter so far, with an average mean temperature of 5.2ºC, or 1.5ºC above normal.
It is the 5th warmest winter since 1910, said the Met Office.
12% More sunshine than average
Despite the wet weather, south England has experienced 12% more sunshine than average this winter.
UK experienced its 5th warmest winter, with the south receiving 12 per cent more sunshine than average. Source: UK Met Office.
Sinkholes and Landslides
Meanwhile, the British Geological Survey reported that the exceptional winter storms that struck the UK this year have contributed to an increase in the incidence of sinkholes and landslides.
UK Weather Forecast
The Met Office has warned:
“An area of low pressure is expected to move eastwards on Friday. There is considerable uncertainty in its track and therefore on the risk and location of any snow.
“This warning will be kept under review and the public are advised to keep up to date with the forecast and warnings.”
FIRE-EARTH / EDRO Forecast
In November 2009, EDRO/FIRE-EARTH Models showed climate change could directly affect about half the UK population within 3 to 5 years. Our Forecast and most of the links posted below have since been filtered, censored, blocked or buried by Google, WordPress and others.
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Posted by feww on February 27, 2014
Six fisheries across the U.S. that were declared fishery disasters in 2012 and 2013 will receive $75 million in disaster relief funds, announced NOAA.
The allocations from the disaster relief fund will go to
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Posted by feww on February 27, 2014
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared 20 counties in three states as crop disaster areas, in two separate designations, due to the recent drought.
The disaster designations are for the states of California, Arizona and New Mexico.
Between January 10 and February 26, 2014 USDA has declared 674 counties as crop disaster areas due to drought.
Notes:
1. USDA trigger point for a countywide disaster declaration is 30 percent crop loss on at least one crop.
2. The total number of counties designated as agricultural disaster areas includes both primary and contiguous disaster areas.
3. A number of counties have been designated crop disaster areas more than once due to multiple disasters.
4. The U.S. has a total of 3,143 counties and county-equivalents.
5. The disaster designations were approved by USDA on February 26, 2014.
State of Emergency
Governor Brown proclaimed a State of Emergency on January 27 amid the worsening statewide drought. He called the “really serious,” adding that 2014 could be California’s third consecutive dry year. “In many ways it’s a mega-drought.”
All but one of the 58 counties in the state of California have been declared Crop Disaster Areas due to Extreme Drought conditions.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 57 counties in the state of California as crop disaster areas due to the worsening drought, since the beginning of the year.
California State Resources
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Posted by feww on February 24, 2014
The potentially deadly smog is forecast to continue for at least three more days in Beijng, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, and Shaanxi provinces in north China, said the National Meteorological Center.
Beijing was finally placed on “orange alert” for the first time on Friday. Municipal authorities have ordered manufacturing plants in the city to suspend or reduce production, and barbecues are disallowed, Xinhua reported.
Photo: xinhuanet.com
Beijing AQI
PM2.5 AQI for Beijing was 411 , indicating a PM2.5 concentration of between 350.5 and 500.4 micrograms per cubic meter (µgm–³), as of posting. (Temp: 7°C ; range -1 ° to 10°. Pressure: 1025hpa).
Pollution levels below 15.4µgm–³ (AQI of up to 50) are considered as “safe.”
A formula for calculating the AQI from the concentrations of various air pollutants (PM10, PM2.5, O3, CO, SO2, NO2 …) is posted HERE.
For earlier posts on Beijing AQI, search blog content.
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Posted by feww on February 23, 2014
“Apocalyptic smog” smothered large parts of central, northern, northeastern and eastern China for the third consecutive day, reportedly prompting the Ministry of Environmental Protection to send 12 inspection teams to Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and surrounding areas to check the response to the pollution (!)
Beijing AQI. Source: waqi. info
For earlier posts on Beijing AQI, search blog content.
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Posted by feww on February 23, 2014
Water rationing, which began more than two week ago in cities across 11 Brazilian states, has now entered a new phase with authorities imposing penalties for water waste.
The water rationing has affected about 10 million people throughout the country.
Meanwhile, temperatures continue to set new records in many regions, including the northeast, where up to a million cattle have perished due to heat exhaustion.
Brazil is world’s 7th largest economy and leading exporter of beef, coffee, orange juice, soybeans and sugar.
Brazil 30-day precipitation anomaly (mm) for 23 Jan. – 21 Feb. 2014. Source: cpc.ncep.noaa
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Posted by feww on February 22, 2014
Gov. Dayton declared a State of emergency after a deadly blizzard dumped more than 18 inches of snow on some parts of Minnesota, leaving most roads iced over or impassable.
The order mobilized National Guard to help with recovery and sheltering of stranded motorists throughout the state.
More than 400 crashes and 1,300 spinouts or vehicles skidding off the road were reported between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, according to a State Patrol spokesperson.
A deadly collision in Wabasha County claimed at least one life.
The conditions were the worst in living memory, according to the state’s veteran troopers.
Authorities closed schools in Minnesota’s three largest districts—Anoka-Hennepin, Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Meanwhile, the fierce storm system spawned two dozen tornadoes across six states—Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio, Georgia, Maryland and North Carolina—Thursday through Friday.
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