Major wildfires raging in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming
Active wildfires are consuming more than a million acres across the West and Midwest, forcing thousands to evacuate.
- Red Flag Warnings are in effect in parts of the Dakotas, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, and Wyoming.
- Oregon. USDA has designated seven counties in Oregon as primary and contiguous disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by wildfires that began July 8 and continue. The disaster declaration extends to counties in the adjacent states:
- Idaho. Four counties.
- Nevada. Two counties.
U.S. Weather Outlook
- ‘High temperatures in the upper 90s to around 100 degrees with heat index values approaching 110 degrees are expected from the Plains of southeast Kansas and eastern Oklahoma into the Lower Mississippi River Valley on Monday afternoon.’ NWS forecast.
- ‘Tropical moisture associated with the remnants of Isaac interacting with a frontal system will bring a flash flooding threat to the East Coast on Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall that could lead to incidents of flash flooding.’
Other Global Disasters/ Significant Events
- United States. Hurricane ISAAC caused “enormous devastation” to the Gulf Coast, especially the state of Louisiana, officials said.
- The storm killed at least seven people—5 in New Orleans and 2 in Mississippi.
- Thousands of evacuees are still in shelters, or with friends and relatives.
- ISAAC knocked out power to about a million people in 5 states—Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
- Korean Peninsula. Death toll from Typhoon BOLAVEN has climbed to about 100 across the Korean Peninsula, with many more injured. Dozens of others are reported as missing.
- The storm destroyed or damaged thousands of homes, and more than 50,000 hectares of farmland, leaving at least 20,000 people homeless, reports said.
- India. Rainfall from the annual monsoon season is down an average of 12 percent across India, as the country enters its fourth drought in just over a decade.
- Some villages in the worst hit drought areas are reportedly on the brink of disaster, reports said.
Related Links
- U.S. Disaster Impact Leaps 24 Folds Posted August 1, 2012
- Disaster Declared for 142 U.S. Counties Posted August 23, 2012
Drought – Recent Links
- U.S. Disaster Areas Expand as Drought Deepens Posted August 1, 2012
- Extreme and Exceptional Drought Spread Across Midwest, South Posted August 2, 2012
- Wildfires Destroy Oklahoma Town Posted August 5, 2012
- Watching Events Unfold, Frame by Frame, Exactly as Forecast Posted July 20, 2012
- Deadly Heat Continues to Devour U.S. Crops Posted July 19, 2012
- Drought Continues to Plague Two-Thirds of Continental U.S. Posted July 17, 2012
- Largest Ever U.S. Disaster Continues Unfolding July 14, 2012
- Drought 2012 Posted on January 8, 2012
- Drought and deluge
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
- The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities
- Back to the Primordial Future
- The Fate of Energy Dinosaurs
- Mass Die-offs
- 2010 Disasters [Links to 2010 Disaster Calendar]
- Mega Disasters
- 2011 Disaster Calendar
- 2012 Disaster Calendar
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