Posted by feww on July 16, 2012
Powerful tornadoes flatten large swaths of forest, destroy more than 100 homes in Poland
A string of tornadoes with winds of up to 200kph slammed northwestern Poland, leaving at least one person dead and a dozen others injured.
The twisters, described as ‘freak tornadoes with unprecedented scale and ferocity,’ left vast swaths of forest flattened, downing power lines and destroying at least 100 homes, mostly in Kujawy and Wielkpolska provinces, reports said.
Other Global Disasters/ Significant Events
- USA. Excessive heat is returning to Central and Eastern U.S., NOAA forecasters said.
- Near record temperatures ranging from 95 to 105 degrees will prevail across the central portions of the U.S. on Monday. “The above normal temperatures will expand into the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic for Tuesday and Wednesday. Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories are already in effect for portions of the aforementioned areas.”
- China. Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) infected more than 381,000 people in China in June, killing at least 112 people, AFP reported the health authorities as saying.
- More than 460,000 people were infected by HFMD in May, of whom 132 died from the disease, according to China’s Ministry of Health.
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Posted by feww on July 15, 2012
Rainstorms spawn flooding, landslides and avalanches wreaking havoc affecting millions in China
Flooding, landslides, avalanches and torrents of mud triggered by extreme rain events in multiple regions of China have left dozens dead, scores of others injured, affecting millions of residents, with at least a million people displaced.
Original Caption: Rescuers convoy residents trapped by a rainstorm-triggered flood in the Huangpi District of Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, July 13, 2012. Many parts of the Huangpi District, a suburb of Wuhan, were inundated by flood following torrential rainstorms that have struck here for days. (Xinhua/Hao Tongqian)
The worst affected areas are
- Guizhou province in the southwest (more than a million affected)
- Hubei (more than 2 million affected) and Hunan provinces in central China
- East China’s Anhui province
The Central Meteorological Station has forecast heavy rains for large swaths of Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces as well as Shanghai Municipality for Saturday through late Monday, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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