Deepening freeze in eastern and central Europe claims at least 300 lives
As the death toll from the deepening big freeze climbs into the hundreds, with thousands of others hit by hypothermia and frostbite, more countries enact states of emergency.
Disaster Calendar 2012 – February 4
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- Central and eastern Europe. Death toll from the big freeze in central and eastern Europe has climbed to at least 300, with thousands of others afflicted with hypothermia and frostbite.
- Serbia. The government has extended its emergency declaration to cover at least 23 municipalities across the country.
- More emergency measures are being considered including the closure of schools, a report said.
- Serbia. The government has extended its emergency declaration to cover at least 23 municipalities across the country.
Other Global Disasters
- South Sudan. About 40 people were killed in South Sudan during a peace meeting, which was held to end recent killing in the region, officials said.
- NSW, Australia. The state government in Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) has declared Gunnedah in northern NSW a disaster area as heavy rain and severe flooding continue devastating the state .
- Gunnedah is the 17th Local Government Area to be declared a disaster zone.
- Other areas recently declared as disaster zones are Local Government Areas of Bellingen, Byron, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley, Clarence Valley, Coffs Harbour, Inverell, Nambucca, Kempsey, Tweed Shire, Tenterfield, Greater Taree, Moree, Narrabri and Gwydir, a report said.
- Alabama, USA. The Disaster President has declared a major disaster exists in the State of Alabama. Severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding during the period of January 22-23, 2012 brought great devastation to Chilton and Jefferson Counties.
- Idaho, USA. Selenium contamination from a phosphate mine in southeastern Idaho is responsible for fish deformities such as two-headed trout, and the disaster would worsen if discharge limits into the Snake River were to be relaxed, according to a new official report.
- “The toxic effects of selenium pollution drew widespread attention and study in the mid-1980s, when the chemical was found to cause deformities like protruding brains in 65 percent of ducks, herons and other birds and a massive fish die-off at Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge in California.”
- Obama’s War on Afghanistan. Civilian deaths in Afghanistan has risen for the fifth year in a row to a record high, a U.N. report said.
- A record 3,021 noncombatants were killed in 2011, a rise of 8% over the previous year.
- The number of internally displaced people, driven from their homes due to the war violence, also rose sharply by a whopping 45%, the report said.
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