Powerhouse fire in the Angeles National Forest and Santa Clarita spreads to 30,000 acres
The massive wildfire north of Los Angeles grew to about 30,000 acres and was 40% contained as of Monday morning, authorities said.
The blaze has so far destroyed at least 6 homes and damaged more than a dozen others, according to several reports.
About 2,200 fire crews were attempting to suppress the fire which broke out Thursday afternoon in the Angeles National Forest north of Castaic, close to a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power station in San Francisquito Canyon near Drinkwater Reservoir.
More than 1,000 homes in the Lake Hughes and Lake Elizabeth areas were still under mandatory evacuation, as of posting.
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Flooding Wreaks Havoc in Central Europe
Major flooding has worsened across Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland, with several countries declaring states of emergency.
- A large part of Eilenburg, a town north-east of Leipzig, was evacuated, with more than 7,000 people being taken to emergency shelters.
- In Austria, two months of rain fell in just two days, said the meteorological office, forcing the authorities to evacuate hundreds of people.
- Water levels in the Bavarian city of Passau, located at confluence of three rivers—the Danube, Inn and Ilz—were at their highest since 1501, the local media reported.
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Saudi Arabia: Forecast Withheld by a Moderator
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China slaughterhouse fire kills 119, injures many more
Death toll from a large fire at a “poultry slaughterhouse” in NE China’s Jilin Province has climbed to to 119 as of Monday afternoon, the authorities said.
The fire broke out early morning at a workshop “owned by the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Company in Mishazi Township of Dehui City” also injured dozens of others, the report said.
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Turkish protests turn into bloody riots
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Turkish cities, angry over the heavy-handed police response to a small peaceful demonstration last week.
- Hundreds of protesters and police have been injured since Friday.
- Protests began last week against construction in Istanbul’s “last remaining open space,” the Taksim Gezi Park.
- The anti-government protests have now spread to 67 provinces across Turkey.
- The largest demonstrations were held in Istanbul, the capital city of Ankara and ports of Antalya and Izmir.
- “The unrest has delivered a blow to Turkish financial markets that have thrived under Erdogan. Shares fell more than six percent and the lira fell to 16-month lows,” said a report.
- Some protestors complained about the costs from the prime Minister Erdogan’s support of rebels in neighboring Syria’s civil war.
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DISASTER CALENDAR – June 3, 2013 —
SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,013 Days Left
Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
- SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,013 Days Left to ‘Worst Day’ in the brief Human History
GLOBAL WARNINGS
- WARNING: Human impact 2.85 x Earth’s diminishing carrying capacity
- WARNING: RAPID PLANETARY DECLINE IN PROGRESS!
- Europe: The First Phase of Collapse Has Started
- United States: The First Phase of Collapse Has Begun
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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