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Posted by feww on June 23, 2015
Heatwave death toll in Sindh province reaches about 800
More than 100 people died Tuesday from the intense heatwave that has plagued Pakistan’s Sindh province, bringing the three-day death toll to about 800.
More than 3,000 people suffering from heatstroke have been hospitalized since Saturday, including at least 200 who were in a critical condition, according to local reports.
Temperatures reached 43ºC (109 degrees F) in Karachi on Sunday and 49ºC (120 degrees F) in the southwestern city of Turbat, Pakistan Met Office reported.
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Posted by feww on June 23, 2015
Death toll mounts amid intense heatwave in Sindh province, Pakistan
Pakistan’s opposition parties have decided to observe black day across the country following deaths of at least 485 from the heatwave that has plagued Karachi area, said the state TV.
More than 3,000 affected people were brought to hospitals since Saturday, including at least 200 who were in a critical condition.
Most of the deaths [at least 474 and a further 11 deaths were reported in southern parts of central Punjab province] occurred in Karachi [pop: ~ 25million,] where temperatures of up to 45ºC (113ºF) have been recorded in recent days, according to reports.
The temperature difference between the city and its outskirts was as much as 7ºC on Saturday, according to a researcher.
Karachi is the second most populous city in the world after Shanghai.
Most of the victims died from heatstroke, said health officials.
The governor of Sindh province [pop: 45m; density=320/km²] has imposed a state of emergency, cancelling leave for doctors and other medical staff at all hospitals, and increasing stocks of medical supplies, the report said.
Thousands died in a heatwave in neighboring India in May [official toll put at 2,000.]
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Posted by feww on June 22, 2015
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Heatwave in Pakistan’s Sindh province kills about 200 people
Massive heatwave has killed about 200 people in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province [pop: 45m; density=320/km².]
Most of the deaths occurred in Karachi [pop: ~ 25million,] where temperatures of up to 45ºC (113ºF) have been recorded in recent days, according to local reports.
The temperature difference between the city and its outskirts was as much as 7ºC on Saturday, according to a researcher.
Karachi is the second most populous city in the world after Shanghai.
Thousands died in a heatwave in neighboring India in May [official toll put at 2,000.]
National High and Low Temperature
Meanwhile, the National High and Low Temperatures for the contiguous United States were as follows:
High Temperature for Sunday, June 21, 2015
- 50ºC (122ºF) at Death Valley, CA
Low Temperature for Sunday, June 21, 2015
- -1ºC (30ºF) at Charleston [a ghost town in Elko County, NV]
[Source: NWS Weather Prediction Center, College Park, MD Issued 2 am EDT Monday, June 22, 2015]
Excessive Heat Warnings or Heat Advisories are currently in effect in parts of at least 12 states, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
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Posted by feww on October 11, 2011
FIRST PHASE of GLOBAL CIVIC COLLAPSE STARTING as FORECAST.
Heavy monsoon and severe flooding in Pakistan affect about 9 million people
Food insecurity remains a major challenge, as floods destroy about 1 million hectares of standing crops including maize and rice.
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Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 11
[October 11, 2011] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,618 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
- Sindh Province, Pakistan. Heavy monsoon and severe flooding in Pakistan have affected about 9 million people since August, mostly in southern Pakistan’s Sindh province.
- “Official estimates indicate that, as of 27 September, over 8.9 million people have been affected and at least 880 000 hectares of standing crops have been damaged. The affected crop land represents 3.7 percent of the total national cropped area.” FAO said.
- “The affected crop land represents 3.7 percent of the total national cropped area. However, damage to the current paddy crop is moderate and is estimated by FAO and Pakistan’s space agency (SUPARCO), as of 20 September, at about 252 700 tonnes, or 2.5 percent of the normal national production.”
- Floods have also destroyed or damage about 1.5 million houses.
- Some 20,000 irrigation structures have also been destroyed.
- About 92,000 livestock have perished, and FIVE million surviving animals are at risk.
- Severe losses of crop, livestock and grain stock, as well as wholesale damage to housing and infrastructure have left at least 2.75 million people in immediate need of food [and shelter] assistance, especially in Sindh province, FAO report cited a joint UN-Government assessment.
Other Disasters
- UK. The nuclear inspector has given the green light to the decrepit and potentially catastrophic nuclear energy industry in the UK.
- “I remain confident that our UK nuclear facilities have no fundamental safety weaknesses (but) no matter how high our standards, the quest for improvement must never stop,” said the head of UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR).
- See also: US Nuke Plants Threatened by Extreme Heat
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Posted by feww on September 15, 2011
Flood-Related Diseases Plague Pakistan’s Sindh Province
At least two million people in Pakistan’s Sindh province are hit by water-borne diseases spread by torrential rains and severe flooding including malaria and diarrhea.
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Disaster Calendar 2011 – September 15
[September 15, 2011] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,644 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
- Pakistan. Torrential rains and flooding in Pakistan have affected six million people, reports said.
- The death toll has climbed to 300, while millions have are reported homeless.
- At least two million people in Pakistan’s Sindh province are hit by water-borne diseases spread by torrential rains and severe flooding including malaria and diarrhea, officials said.
- “More than 7,000 people are being treated for snake bites.
- More than half a million children under the age of five are especially at risk, the UN children’s agency spokesman in Pakistan said.
- “This is another huge flood that has hit Pakistan in less than a year so it’s really a double disaster. We have assessed 16 out of 22 districts and roughly 1.8 million people have left their homes and 750,000 are living in temporary sites.”
- More than 4.5 million acres of land have been affected by the torrential rain and flooding.
- About 60,000 cattle have died or disappeared.
- At least 400,000 homes have been completely destroyed, with up to a million more damaged.
- Sindh province was devastated by 2010 floods, which affected up to 25 million people, inundating about a fifth of the country and killing at least 2,000 people.
- Botswana. Death toll in Botswana’s diarrhea epidemic has climbed to 67, reports said.
- India. At least 26 people have died, 12 are reported as missing and 200,000 others have been evacuated following severe flooding in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, government officials said.
- Some 2.5 million people have been affected by the flooding.
- “The flood has inflicted damage on 31,000 houses in 13 districts. As many as 2.15 million people in 4,096 villages of 95 blocks and 16 urban local bodies have been affected by the current flood,” a report said.
- Joplin, Missouri, USA. Death toll from Joplin Tornado has climbed to 162. The devastating EF-5 tornado leveled Joplin on May 22, 2011, destroying about 9,000 homes and businesses.
- Lahore, Pakistan. Death toll in the Dengue fever outbreak in Lahore has climbed to 33, reports said.
- “So far more than 10,000 cases of dengue have been reported from Punjab, out of which over 4,400 are from Lahore …”
- USA. Seasonal Drought Outlook
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Posted by feww on August 17, 2011
No Birds, Bees or Even Cicadas
Fukushima’s native fauna have all but disappeared
[August 17, 2011] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,673 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
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Disaster Calendar 2011 – August 17 Entry
- Fukushima, Japan. A number of colleagues who recently visited Fukushima, Japan have confirmed that the native fauna including birds, bees, the ubiquitous cicadas and crickets, and all other summer insects normally found in abundance throughout the Japan Region, have all but disappeared from a vast area surrounding the Fukushima Dai-Ich Nuclear Power Plant.
- In a move reminiscent of the war atrocities committed by the old, evil empire against own nationals, Japanese government is coercing electricians throughout the country to “volunteer” for work at the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ich NPP, informed sources say. They are told, “if you consider yourself Japanese, then you must do your bit for the country by working at the nuclear plant,” or words to that effect.
- Each technician is expected to work 3 to 4 hours a day for about 4 weeks before the accumulated levels of radiation exposure would exceed the “danger limits.”
- Time and time again, the Japanese elite have demonstrated that they are incapable of running their national affairs without hurting own subjects, or harming people in other countries.
- Sindh Province, Pakistan. The government has declared southern Pakistani province of Sindh a disaster area following widespread flooding caused by monsoon rains. About 150 villages have so far been inundated seriously affecting at least a quarter of a million people, reports said.
- Louisiana, USA.The St. Tammany Parish has declared a State of Emergency following large scale fish kill in the Pearl River Basin, a report said. The authorities have discovered “tens of thousands of dead fish and other river animals” in a section of the river that covers St. Tammany and Washington parishes and part of neighboring Mississippi.
- “The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is advising residents not to swim, wade, fish or come in contact with waterways in the Pearl River watershed, including its tributaries.”
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Posted by feww on September 9, 2010
NO FOOD, NO CROPS (MONEY), NO SEED NEXT YEAR
Indus river carves a new path in Sindh Province
Pakistan Flooding Satellite Images
Download large image (7 MB, JPEG) Image acquired July 19, 2010
Download large image (9 MB, JPEG),. Image acquired August 11, 2010
Download large image (9 MB, JPEG). Image acquired September 7, 2010. Click images to enlarge.
Above images, which span a 50-day period, were taken by MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite on July 19, before lower Indus flooded, August 11, and September 7, when floodwater reached the Manchhar Lake.
“These images use a combination of infrared and visible light to increase the contrast between water and land. Water ranges in color from electric blue to navy. Vegetation appears bright green. Bare land ranges in color from pink-beige to brick red. Clouds appear pale blue-green.” Full caption available at Flooding in Pakistan.
Flooding has destroyed about 4 million hectares (10 million acres) of farmland in Pakistan, reports say.
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Posted by feww on August 28, 2010
Image of the Day
Marooned!
¼ of a million more people forced to flee homes
The monsoon floods in the Indus River Basin that are now moving south, have so far inundated about 22 percent of Pakistan, displacing more than 20 million people, killing thousands [official death toll stands at 1,600,] destroying some 1.2m homes, damaging at least 3.2m hectares of farmland (14% of Pakistan’s cultivated land), and putting millions at risk from waterborne diseases, as well as food and clean water shortages, reports say.
“The magnitude of this crisis is reaching levels that are even beyond our initial fears” ~ UN spokesperson
Fresh Flooding in Southern Pakistan. A freeze frame from a BBC UK video report. Image may be subject to copyright.
“The number of those affected and those in need of assistance from us are bound to keep rising.”
“The floods seem determined to outrun our efforts. About one month from the onset of the floods, we don’t know when we will see their end, as the disaster is still unfolding,” he added.
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Posted by feww on August 24, 2010
Diarrhea and cholera wreaking havoc in many of Pakistan’s flooded areas
About 80% of the town of Jacobabad in Sindh province was buried under 1.5m (5ft) of water, as a tsunami of floodwaters were rapidly moving south towards the state of Balochistan, UNHCR reported.
The situation in Sindh continues to deteriorate, as the second wave of floodwaters quickly moves into the south of the province, the report said.
The Great Deluge in Pakistan
Image acquired August 19, 2010 — download large image (5 MB, JPEG)
Image acquired July 31, 2009 — download large image (5 MB, JPEG)
The top false-color image was acquired by the Landsat-5 satellite on August 19, 2010. Lower image dated July 31, 2009 is used for comparison. Tsunamis of floodwater riding on the Indus River target southern Pakistan three weeks after the first floods inundated NW Pakistan. Source: NASA E/O. Click images to enlarge.
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Posted by feww on August 19, 2010
More than 20 million affected by Pakistan Floods
Flooding near Kashmor, Sindh Province, Pakistan
Flood Disaster Summary:
- More than 20 million people have been affected, and the toll is rising.
- Thousands of people have been killed or injured.
- 3.5 million children face waterborne diseases.
- A quarter of Pakistan land area, including its agricultural heartland, has been inundated.
- Up to 3.5 million hectares of crops have been destroyed.
- At least a million homes destroyed or damaged.
Click image to enlarge. Download large image (8 MB, JPEG) — acquired August 12, 2010
Top: Flooding near Kashmor in Sindh province, Pakistan, on August 12, 2010 (Landsat 5 satellite), immediately prior to the second wave of the flooding striking the region. Above: The same region on August 9, 2009. Download large image (9 MB, JPEG).
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