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Drought destroys crops in 5 states and Puerto Rico
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 80 counties across five states—California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington—and 8 municipalities in Puerto Rico as crop disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by drought.
Crop Disaster Areas – Designation #1
Idaho: Adams, Boise, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Custer, Gem, Idaho, Latah, LemhiLewis, Nez Perce and Valley counties.
Montana: Lincoln, Missoula and Ravalli counties.
Oregon: Wallowa County.
Washington: Asotin, Pend Oreille and Whitman counties.
Crop Disaster Areas – Designation #2
Oregon: Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Polk, Tillamook, Washington and Yamhill counties.
Oregon: Hood River, Multnomah and Wallowa counties.
Crop Disaster Areas – Designation #4
Puerto Rico: Aibonito, Arroyo, Cayey, Coamo, Guayama, Patillas, Salinas and Santa Isabel municipalities.
Crop Disasters 2015
Beginning January 7, 2015 USDA has declared crop disasters in at least 1,692 counties, or county equivalents, across 26 States: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.
USDA has also designated 8 additional municipalities in Puerto Rico as drought disaster areas.
About 99 percent of the 2015 crop disaster designations so far are due to drought.
Crop Disasters 2014
In 2014, USDA declared crop disasters in at least 2,904 counties across 44 states. Most of the designations were due to drought.
Those states were:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan. Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 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 as 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 August 5, 2015 .
Drought crop disasters declared for 8 counties in Idaho
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated eight additional counties in Idaho as crop disaster areas due to losses caused by drought.
The disaster areas are Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Jefferson and Power counties.
Drought in the U.S. West
The drought has intensified in the western U.S., according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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Crop Disasters 2015
Beginning January 7, 2015 USDA has declared crop disasters in at least 1,375 counties across 22 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.
About 99 percent of the 2015 crop disaster designations so far are due to drought.
Crop Disasters 2014
In 2014, USDA declared crop disasters in at least 2,904 counties across 44 states. Most of the designations were due to drought.
Those states were:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan. Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 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 as 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 July 8, 2015 .
The Disaster President has declared a major disaster exists in the State of Wyoming in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding during the period of May 24-June 6, 2015.
Areas worst affected by the extreme weather events—severe storms and flooding—include Johnson and Niobrara counties.
Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area said additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the territory and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.
This is the 23rd Major Disaster Declaration proclaimed for a U.S. state/territory, so far this year. Additionally the federal government has issued five Fire Management Assistance Declarations.
Fire Management Assistance Declarations (2015)
[5088] 07/06/2015 Idaho Cape Horn Fire
[5087] 06/29/2015 Washington Sleepy Hollow Fire
[5086] 06/17/2015 Arizona Kearney River Fire
[5085] 06/16/2015 Alaska Card Street Fire
[5084] 06/15/2015 Alaska Sockeye Fire
Wildfires burning millions of acres across United States, W. Canada
Wildfire are burning more than 3.1 million acres across Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Washington.
Alaska
As of July 2, some 750 wildfires have burned an estimated 2.4 million acres in Alaska so far #Alaska this summer, “which is at pace with the 2004 season when 6.59 million acres burned,” Kale Casey, a public information officer for the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center, told ABC News today. “In addition to the dry season we’re having, we’ve had a huge amount of lightning—about 6,000 to 10,000 bolts per day. There was three-day period in June where we had over 31,000 lightning strikes.”
Meanwhile, NOAA has issued the following statement:
Fires are raging in Alaska, and there’s no end in sight.
More than 600 fires have burned in excess of 1.8 million acres in the state, according to the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center, making this year the worst wildfire season so far in Alaska’s history. Fires have caused evacuations, highway closures, and rail and flight disruptions. More than 350 structures have been damaged, including about 70 homes.
Approximately 100,000 wildland fires occur each year in the United States, capable of severe destruction and loss of life. Above-average temperatures and a longstanding drought in the western U.S. are contributing to wildfires occurring in parts of Washington, Oregon and California.
“It’s only July 6 and this fire season ranks No. 9 on the list of the largest fire seasons on record in Alaska,” said AK Forestry.
A graph from the National Interagency Fire Center that shows how Alaska’s fire season compares to the Lower 48 so far, this year.
Idaho
A large blaze in Idaho has destroyed at least six multimillion-dollar homes forcing more than 200 people to evacuate from Bayview, a resort town on Lake Pend Oreille.
The Cape Horn fire, which was possibly sparked by lightning, and is now being fanned by strong winds and fueled by record temperatures, has consumed about 1,000 hectares, since Sunday.
“There have been multiple wildfires in eastern and central Idaho during the past week with the biggest being the Dietrich Butte fire, which started Friday afternoon. It’s scorched about 2,500 acres north of Dietrich, a town near Shoshone,” said a report.
California
A 400-acre wildfire threatens homes in Vacaville (between San Francisco and Sacramento), Northern California, forcing more than 100 people to evacuate.
Washington
The Sleepy Hollow fire destroyed dozens of homes and consumed about 80 square kilometers before being mostly contained.
In May, Gov. Inslee declared a statewide drought emergency for Washington after snowpack reached historic lows, and rivers began dwindling and irrigation districts were forced to cut off water to farmers.
Oregon
Wildfires have consumed about 160 square kilometers in Oregon, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
In June, Gov. Brown declared drought emergencies in Coos, Douglas, Gilliam and Jefferson counties, bringing the total to 19 counties officially in a state of drought.
The counties covered by the declarations:
Baker, Coos, Crook, Deschutes, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jackson, Jefferson, Jospehine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Wasco and Wheeler.
“Wildfires have forced more than 13,000 Lac La Ronge band members and others from their homes in aboriginal communities in the largest evacuation Saskatchewan has ever seen.”
15,000 Residents ordered to evacuate their homes in Saskatchewan
At least 112 wildfires are burning through the northern region of Saskatchewan, forcing about 17,000 residents in 51 communities to evacuate.
“Saskatchewan’s Buffalo Narrows and La Ronge regions are the hottest wildfire spots at the moment, but there are also 10 uncontained blazes tearing through the province’s Prince Albert region, further to the south” said a report.
Fire Stats Communities under full or partial evacuation orders: 51 Total number of residents evacuated or under evacuation orders: 17,000
Number of active wildfires (July 6, 2015) : 112
Number of active wildfires greater than 100 hectares: 56 (July 5, 2015)
Wildfires to date: 574 (compared with total of 184 to date in 2014, and seasonal total of 193 blazes)
Western Canada Disaster Watch
Wildfires are also raging in the rest of Western Canada, with B.C. and Alberta experiencing similar hot and dry conditions, said CTV News.
Port Hardy, B.C. declared a state of emergency on Saturday as a wildfire forced the evacuation of 100 homes. The fire is one of 64 that are active across the province.
There were also more than 120 wildfires burning across Alberta, with hundreds of northern residents put on evacuation alert.
About 1,000 military personnel have been sent to help contain wildfires in Saskatchewan and assist evacuees relocation.
¼ Million people stranded in Bangladesh as floods, deadly mudslides bury hundreds of villages
Flash floods and deadly mudslides have drowned hundreds of villages in low-lying areas of Bangladesh, including southeastern districts of Cox’ Bazar, Bandarban and Chittagong, destroying scores of homes and leaving about 250,000 people stranded since June 24.
At least two dozen people have lost their lives and many more are injured, according to reports.
The victims are facing food shortages as well as lack of safe drinking water, and are at the risk of being affected by water-borne diseases, according to the government’s Disaster Management Information Center (DMIC).
Crop disasters declared for 38 counties across six states
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated a total of 38 counties in six states: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming—as crop disaster areas due to losses caused by drought.
Disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by a recent drought (Designation #1)
Beginning January 7, 2015 USDA has declared crop disasters in at least 1,367 counties across 22 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.
About 99 percent of the 2015 crop disaster designations so far are due to drought.
Crop Disasters 2014
In 2014, USDA declared crop disasters in at least 2,904 counties across 44 states. Most of the designations were due to drought.
Those states were:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan. Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 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 as 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 July 1, 2015 .
The White House has declared a major disaster exists in the State of Illinois in the area affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes on November 17, 2013.
The 15 counties worst affected by the severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes are Champaign, Douglas, Fayette, Grundy, Jasper, La Salle, Massac, Pope, Tazewell, Vermilion, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, Will, and Woodford.
The White House declaration makes federal funding available to affected individuals in the disaster areas, said U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments, said FEMA in a statement.
Last week, Gov. Quinn declared a total of 13 counties in Illinois as disaster areas after tornadoes tore through the state, killing at least 6 people and leaving hundreds of others injured. A total of 85 twisters (confirmed by SPC), including two EF4 tornadoes, which pack 166 mph to 200 mph winds, touched down in the US heartland destroying or damaging hundreds of homes.
The White House has declared a major disaster exists in the State of Nebraska in the area affected by severe storms, winter storms, tornadoes, and flooding during the period of October 2-6, 2013.
Areas worst affected by the severe storms, winter storms, tornadoes, and flooding are the counties of Adams, Dawes, Dixon, Howard, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Thurston, and Wayne.
Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments, said FEMA in a statement.
“We are still receiving reports of massive damage to communities across our state” —IL Gov. Quinn
Sunday’s deadly storms killed at least six people and injured scores of others, while damaging and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and cutting power to tens of thousands of residents.
The counties declared disaster areas are Champaign, Grundy, LaSalle, Massac, Tazewell, Washington and Woodford, according to the Disaster Proclamation issued by Gov. Pat Quinn’s office on Monday.
“Although we are still receiving reports of massive damage to communities across our state, we want to make sure people are getting the assistance and resources they need as quickly as possible,” said the governor. “As we pray for the families of those who have lost their lives and others who are injured, the state of Illinois will do everything necessary to help these communities recover.”
A large swarm of storms brought destructive winds and tornadoes to Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York.
Illinois took the brunt of the ferocious weather system, which spawned a total of 76 confirmed tornadoes, and 451 storm reports.
Washington (Population: 16,000), a small city in Tazewell County, about 140 miles southwest of Chicago, was the hardest hit area, with up to 500 homes damaged or destroyed, according to reports. of 16,000.
EF4 Tornadoes
Two of the deadly twisters were rated EF-4 tornadoes, reported the National Weather Service (NWS).
EF4 tornadoes pack destructive winds of between 166 and 260 mph (267 – 322kph), and can leave well-constructed houses leveled, blowing away structures with weak foundations blown away some distance; throwing cars and generating large missiles.
F4 F touch down in IL November 17, 2013.
Tacloban City, Philippines or the State of Illinois?
IL deadly tornadoes aftermath – Image credit: Natalie Martinez
Powerful tornadoes tore through large swathes of Illinois on Sunday. Image credit: @WCL_Shawn
Latest Weather Forecast
Strong winds in the Northeast and across the Great Lakes will subside today as the powerful storm system responsible for yesterday’s severe weather continues to move farther away into Canada. Meanwhile, another storm system will move into the Pacific Northwest bringing rain and mountain snow. NWS
“You don’t need temperatures in the 80s and 90s to produce severe weather [since] the strong winds compensate for for the lack of heating,” said a forecaster at NWS. “That sets the stage for what we call wind shear, which may produce tornadoes.”
Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF scale)
Fujita-Pearson Tornado Scale
F-0 [39%]
40-72 mph, chimney damage, tree branches broken
F-1 [35%]
73-112 mph, mobile homes pushed off foundation or overturned
F-2 [20%]
113-157 mph, considerable damage, mobile homes demolished, trees uprooted
F-3 [5%]
158-205 mph, roofs and walls torn down, trains overturned, cars thrown
About 12% of the entire Philippines population directly affected by Super Typhoon HAIYAN: UNDAC
Official figures: At least 2,357 people are dead; 3,853 injured; 77 missing and 818,596 displaced
On November 9, 2013, FIRE-EARTH Models estimated the impact of Super Typhoon HAIYAN in the Philippines as a magnitude 6.2 catastrophe on the FEWW Disaster Scale, indicating large-scale regional destruction with up to 40,000 casualties.
FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models estimate the total cost of damage at more than $5billion.
The following table [SitRep No. 19] shows latest official casualty and damage estimates released by Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC).
Source: Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC). [$1 = 43.6 Philippine pesos]
[Notes: Official estimates for the total cost of damage has been substantially reduced to PhP4,060,044,079.13,] which is more realistic than the original figures. Philippines population is about 99million.]
Table below [SitRep No. 18] shows earlier casualty and damage estimates as released by Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC).
Source: Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC).
This post will be updated throughout the day as more information becomes available.
Bloody October Leaves about 3,000 Iraqis Dead or Wounded
The death toll from violence in Iraq reached at least 1,095 in October, according to Iraq Body Count and 979, according to the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
Additionally, about 16,000 others have been wounded in the deadly violence so far this year.
Some 852 civilians and 127 members of the Iraqi Security Forces were killed in October, while 1,902 others were wounded, including 1,793 civilians and 109 security personnel, reported UNAMI.
ALL Iraqis, civilians, soldiers and security personnel, are prime targets for Saudi-backed Sunni militants seeking to destabilize the country’s Shia-led government.
UNAMI 2013 Stats for Armed Violence in Iraq
According to information collected by UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and other sources, a minimum of7,168 civilians [to be confirmed] have been killed and about 16,000 others wounded so far this year.
In October 2013, at least 1,095 people were killed and more than 1,900 others wounded.
October death toll for Iraq was 979, exactly the same as September toll (!), according to UNAMI.
In September 2013, at least 1,220 civilians were killed and about 2,000 others wounded
Baghdad, 1 October 2013 – According to casualty figures released today by UNAMI, a total of 979 Iraqis were killed and another 2,133 were wounded in acts of terrorism and violence in September.
In August 2013, a minimum of 716 civilians were killed (including 106 civilian police) a further 1,936 were injured (including 195 civilian police) in ongoing armed violence in Iraq
In July 2013, at least 928 were killed (including 204 civilian police) a further 2,109 were injured (including 338 civilian police) in ongoing armed violence in Iraq during July 2013.
In June 2013, a minimum of 685 civilians were killed and 1,610 were injured.
In May 2013, at least 963 civilians were killed and 2,191 were injured.
In April 2013, a minimum of 595 civilians were killed and 1481 were injured.
In March 2013, at least 229 civilians were killed and 853 were injured.
In January 2013, at least 319 civilians were killed and 960 were injured.
In December 2012, 230 civilians were killed and 655 were injured.
In November 2012, 445 civilians were killed and 1306 were injured.
ALL figures remain estimates until full investigation and analysis have been carried out, said UNAMI.
KROSA affects more than 100,000 people in Luzon, Philippines
Typhoon KROSA, locally known as VINTA, has affected more than 24,000 families (104,828 people) in 26 municipalities and a city in five province of Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Isabela, Abra and Apayao, the government’s disaster response agency reported Saturday.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) issued that following typhoon damage report:
24,123 families ((104,828 people) affected in three regions in Luzon, Ilocos, Cagayan and the Cordillera Administrative Regions.
Some 299 families have been displaced displaced.
A total of 1,737 houses totally damaged (destroyed) and 13,174 others are partially damaged by the typhoon.
KROSA swept through northern Luzon provinces with maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour gusting to 160 km/hr.
The typhoon left the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Friday and is currently heading toward central Vietnam/ Indochina Peninsula via Hainan Island.
KROSA is currently a well-defined Cat 3A Typhoon on FIRE-EARTH New Hurricane Scale with sustained winds of about 180 km/hr gusting up to 230 km/hr.
Typhoon KROSA Details
Time: At 03:00UTC on November 2, 2013
Position: NEAR 19.6N, 115.6E.
Location: About 350km SSE of Hong Kong
Speed and Direction: Tracking Westward at about 9 km/hr
Maximum Sustained Wind Speed: 180 km/hr
Maximum Wind Gusts: 230 km/hr
Maximum Significant Wave Height: 14m
[Source: FEWW, JTWC and others]
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Typhoon KROSA Special Message.
VIS/IR (FIRE-EARTH Enhancement) Satellite Image of Typhoon KROSA
Typhoon KROSA – Vis/IR Satellite Image (FIRE-EARTH Enhancement) – Recorded at 02:30UTC on Nov. 2, 2013. Source of the original image: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC.
Typhoon Stats for NW Pacific
The 60 year average (1951-2010) No of Typhoons: 20.9
No of typhoons so far this year: 29
Percent Increase: 38.8 [Calculated by FIRE-EARTH blog]
Quakes injure a dozen people, but cause much devastation in Jilin Province, NE China
Two moderate earthquakes, measuring magnitudes 5.5 and 5.0 respectively, struck Songyuan City in NE China’s Jillin Province Thursday morning local time, destroying at least 55 homes and damaging more than 4,100 others, said a report.
The larger of the two quakes was centered at 44.6ºN, 124.2ºE, according to the country’s Earthquake Networks Center.
Local officials have relocated more than 14,400 residents in Chaganhua Town, the report said.
“Telecommunications have been cut off in Dongbaiyinhua Village, located at the quake’s epicenter, according to an officer from Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County.”
The cost of damage and associated economic losses have been estimated at about 130 million yuan ($21.33 million).
Original Caption: Rescuers set up tents at a temporary shelter in quake-hit Qian’an County of Songyuan City, northeast China’s Jilin Province, Nov. 1, 2013. Two earthquakes, 5.5-magnitude and 5.0-magnitude respectively, jolted Songyuan City of Jilin Province Thursday morning, leaving at least 12 people injured and many houses damaged. The Jilin provincial government has allotted 10 million yuan (about 1.6 million U.S. dollars) in disaster relief funds to the quake-hit region. Relief teams have also been sent there. A shipment of 1,100 tents, 1,000 quilts and 100 folding beds has been sent to the area. Bottled water, bread and instant noodles are being given out to quake victims.(Xinhua/Zhang Nan). More images…
Trick-or-treat storms batter a vast region in the U.S.
Heavy rain and high winds forced dozens of U.S. cities and towns into cancelling Halloween activities on Thursday, battering a vast region from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes.
“The cities of Indianapolis and Muncie, Indiana, postponed trick-or-treating, local officials said. Toledo and at least 30 cities in Central Ohio put it off until Friday or as late as Sunday, according to the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission’s website,” said a report.
The storm system, aided by the remnants of Hurricane Raymond, which dissipated over the Pacific on Tuesday, dumped as much as 15 inches of rain over Austin area, killing at least two people, and forcing some 1,000 residences to evacuate due to flooding.
“For certain areas, it looks like this will be in their Top 10 [flood events] of all time,” said a meteorologist at the National Weather Service Austin-San Antonio office.
Severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides prompt Major Disaster Declaration for NC
North Carolina has been declared a Federal Disaster Area by the White House due to severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that occurred on July 27, 2013.
Severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides have severely affected the counties of Ashe, Avery, Catawba, Lincoln, Watauga and Wilkes, said the White House in a statement.
Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments, said FEMA.
St. Jude Hits Northwest Russia, State of emergency Declared in Pskov
The deadly storm reached northwestern Russia on Tuesday after wreaking havoc in several other countries in northern and northwestern Europe since early Monday, disrupting transport, power and communication lines in three northwestern Russian regions and prompting a state of emergency declaration in Pskov, said a report quoting sources from local weather agency.
Tens of thousands of people in Pskov and St. Petersburg were left without power, as the storm barreled through the region.
The storm knocked out power to about 100,000 households in Estonia and Latvia, which border Pskov Oblast.
St Jude left at least 15 people dead including seven in Germany, four in Britain, two in the Netherlands and one each in France and Denmark and knocked out power to about a million homes and business across northwestern Europe, including 750,000 customers in Britain.
Pesticides sold by Monsanto poisoning Argentina: AP
The Associated Press (AP) has documented dozens of cases around Argentina where widespread misuse of Monsanto’s products are causing major health problems.
Toxic pesticides were sprayed close to populated areas and close to the water supply; farmers mix and apply poisons without protective clothing; villagers store water in pesticide containers.
In Santa Fe Province [population: 3.2 million, 3rd most populated province,] Argentina’s number one producer of cereals, toxic chemicals were used about 30 meters from homes, instead of the mandatory 500 meters, according to the AP report.
Unsurprisingly, cancer rates in the province are up to four times higher than the national average. In the neighboring Chaco province [population 1.2 million,] birth defects quadrupled since the mid 1990s when Monsanto convinced the Argentines that its patented seeds and agrochemicals would sharply increase crop yields and lower pesticide use, thus dramatically transforming farming in Argentina.
Health authorities are now warning that growing health problems among nearly a third of the country’s 41 million population may be due to uncontrolled use of pesticides.
Today, all of Argentina’s soy crop and most of its corn and cotton are genetically modified.
“The change in how agriculture is produced has brought, frankly, a change in the profile of diseases,” says Dr. Medardo Avila Vazquez, a pediatrician and neonatologist who co-founded Doctors of Fumigated Towns, part of a growing movement demanding enforcement of agricultural safety rules. “We’ve gone from a pretty healthy population to one with a high rate of cancer, birth defects, and illnesses seldom seen before.”
Farmers in Argentina use about 320 million liters of agrochemicals last year, applying about 5 kg of pesticide per hectare (4.3lbs. per acres), or more than twice the amount used in the U.S., to boost production, as pests become ever more resistant to the poisons.
“As we’ve also learned in the United States, herbicide-resistant GE crops lead to dramatically increased pesticide use. And as weeds develop resistance to these chemicals, industry rolls out even more hazardous chemicals to battle the superweeds. Farmers get trapped on the pesticide treadmill.” Pesticide Action Network International told AP.
Notes:
Total agricultural land in Argentina is 1,333,500km², or 48.0 % of the area.
Argentina’s soy planting area is a projected at 20.65 million hectares for the current 2013/14 season, with corn at 5.7 million hectares, and wheat 3.4 million hectares.
Deadly wildfires consume about 100,000 acres, destroy hundreds of homes in Australia
Government in Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) have declared a state of emergency as 300-km wall of fire continues to ravage the region, consuming about 100,000 acres and destroying or damaging hundreds of homes.
Deadly bushfires aided by soaring temperatures and strong winds have already destroyed more than 250 homes and damaged many more, leaving more than a thousand people homeless, and forcing thousands of others to abandon theirs.
The fire conditions are said to be the most dangerous in more than four decades, with about 100 blazes creating a 300-km active fire edge.
The fires have claimed at least one life so far. A man died, possibly of a heart attack, while trying to protect his home from the fire front.
At least 65 fires are burning in NSW including 15 large blazes, which remained uncontained as of posting.
Deteriorating Conditions
“We are likely to see deteriorating conditions starting this afternoon (Sunday, October 20, 2013) as we’ve already been acutely aware of, but more so as we move into Monday and Tuesday,” said Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons.
Forecasters warn temperatures between the mid-20s to high 30s with sustained winds of up to 45kph gusting up to 100kph through Wednesday.
Millions left homeless amid apocalyptic destruction caused by typhoon PHAILIN
At least 235,000 mud-and-thatch homes have been destroyed in Ganjam district, Odisha state alone, the Indian red Cross reported.
The official death toll due to the typhoon stood at 15 people, according to authorities in Odisha state. Most of the victim were reportedly killed under falling trees.
Hindu temple stampede in Madhya Pradesh, India
Meantime, death toll from climbed to 91 with more than 100 others injured in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, said reports.
“The death toll has risen to 91 and 10 others are in a critical condition,” Deputy Inspector General of Police D.K. Arya told reporters.
PHAILIN could be deadlier than 1999 ODISHA Cyclone
PHAILIN officially became a Super Cyclonic Storm short time ago, as forecast by FIRE-EARTH, packing sustained winds in excess of 250km per hour.
Super Cyclonic Storm PHAILIN. VIS/IR Satellite Image recorded at 01:30UTC on October 11, 2013. Source: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC. FIRE-EARTH Enhancement.
Super Cyclonic Storm PHAILIN
Time: 04:00UTC on October 11, 2013
Movement: WNW – 285 degrees @ 10km/hr
Position: Near 16.1ºN, 88.4ºE
Max Sustained Winds: 260km/hr[Super Cyclonic Storm]
Max Wind Gusts:320km/hr
Estimated Landfall Location and Time: Near Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India at about 11:00UTC on October 12, 2013. [NOTE: JTWC forecast landfall position: Near 18.95ºN 84.66ºE ]
Source: FIRE-EARTH, JTWC and others
On October 10, 2013 FIRE-EARTH forecast that PHAILIN could become a super storm.
Super Cyclonic Storm PHAILIN – Projected Path as of 04:30UTC on October 11, 2013. Source: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC.
FIRE-EARTH Forecast
PHAILIN is expected to strengthen further [sustained wind of 270-275km/hr, wind gusts of up to 330km/hr ] and would likely make landfall with super cyclonic force.
The potentially deadly storm WILL impact East India’s entire coastline, as well as most of Bangladesh.
Other Details/ News
Indian authorities have issued a cyclone high alert for nine coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh.
Mass evacuations are underway.
All 14 coastal districts in Odisha have been put on high alert, five of them – Ganjam, Gajapati, Khurda, Puri, Jagatsinghpur – expected to be worst hit.
Andhra Pradesh government has put the navy, army and air force on standby for emergency and relief operations.
The 1999 Odisha Cyclone [aka, Cyclone 05B, and Paradwip]
The 1999 Odisha cyclone was the deadliest tropical cyclone to hit India since 1971. The Category Five super storm made landfall just weeks after a category 4 storm had hit the same region.
The deadly cyclone hit India on October 29, 1999 with sustained winds of about 250km/hr, killing an estimated 15,000 people and carving a path of destruction.
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