Disaster Calendar – 5 August 2012

DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,319 Days Left

[August 5, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,319 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History…

• UK.  Landslide and flooding triggered by torrential rain have hit parts of southwest England, Wales and the Scottish borders.

• Canary Islands, Spain.  Wildfires raged across western Spain and on the Canary Islands on Sunday forcing the authorities to evacuate hundreds of people.

• Louisiana, USA.  Louisiana governor has declared a state of emergency to respond to the threats caused by sink holes in Assumption Parish, and ordered a mandatory evacuation of the area.

• Idaho, USA.  A major blaze caused by lightning has consumed about 34 square miles in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in central Idaho and continues growing.

Symbolic countdown to the ‘worst day’ in human history began on May 15, 2011...

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

Deadly Heat Blankets Eastern U.S.

Millions swelter following ‘catastrophic damage’ to power grids caused by derecho

At least 18 people are dead since Friday as a result of severe weather and millions are still without power, while more than 160 locations across 12 states tied or set all-time record high temperatures.

Electric utilities in Maryland, Ohio and Virginia said the weekend derecho caused ‘catastrophic damage’ to their power grids.

It may take a week or more before power is restored to millions of people in the Mid-Atlantic region amid blistering heat.

Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories were in effect in parts of at least 26 states, as of posting.

US Weather Hazards Map

Relentless Heat to Remain in Place

A surface boundary separating excessive heat (temperatures above 100 degrees) in the southern United States with a milder airmass to its north will continue to be the focus for severe thunderstorms today. There are three main areas of concern, including the northern Rockies, the Mid-Mississippi River to Ohio Valleys and portions of the Mid-Atlantic into the Southeast, particularly the eastern Carolinas. The primary threats will be large hail and damaging winds, however an isolated tornado can not be ruled out across southern Minnesota and Wisconsin as well as northern Iowa and Illinois. -NWS

Excessive heat warnings and advisories are forecast to continue into the beginning of the week over much of the mid-Mississippi valley and southern state, NWS said.

Hundreds of daily high temperature records were broken this weekend; dozens of all-time high temperature records were set.

High Temperature Forecast for July 2, 2012.

Links to Recent Related Entries

• States of Emergency Declared in 4 States and DC as Storm Death Toll Rises
• Deadly Heat Wave Affects Third of U.S. Population
• The record-setting heat wave continues to expand

Other Global Disasters/ Significant Events

• Valencia, Spain.  Two mega forest fires about 30 kilometers west of Valencia on Spain’s eastern coast have consumed at least 50,000 hectares (~124,000 acres), forcing more than 2,500 people to evacuate the area.
  • The Spanish authorities raised the forest fire warning to the highest level in Valencia region as temperatures topped  104 degrees (40ºC).

• China. Torrential rain continues to batter large swaths  of  SW China causing major widespread damage and mass evacuations, Xinhuanet reported.
  • Ludian County in Yunnan Province is among the worst hit areas, the report said.
  • Since late June, extreme rain events and flooding throughout China have left hundreds of people dead or injured, displaced or affected at least a million others, destroyed thousands of homes, inundated hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland and caused hundreds of million of dollars in crop damage.
  • The worst-hit areas are east China’s Zhejiang province, its neighboring Jiangxi province, central China’s Hunan province, China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and the entire southwest.
  • “More rain and storms are expected to hit Zhejiang, Fujian and Anhui provinces in south China, as well as Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces in the southwest, over the next three days. Precipitation in some areas may total as much as 160 mm, according to the National Meteorological Center,” the report said.

• Assam, India.   Mega Floods caused by unusually intense monsoon rains across eastern India’s Assam state have left about 100 people dead, and displaced at least two million people.

• Bangladesh.  Intense monsoon rains in Bangladesh have claimed at least 120 lives, with many more injured,  an unknown number missing and at least 1.5 million people displaced.
  • The majority of victims were children, who were drowned in flash floods, buried by landslides or house collapses, or struck by lightning, reports said.
  • Flooding and landslides have destroyed thousands of homes and businesses , submerged entire villages and left at least 100,000 without work.
  • Many of the displaced are without food and water.
  • Chittagong port, the largest seaport in Bangladesh, received nearly 16 inches of rain in a single 12-hour period last week.

Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background

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• Back to the Primordial Future
• The Fate of Energy Dinosaurs

• Mega Disasters
• 2010 Disasters [Links to 2010 Disaster Calendar]
• 2011 Disaster Calendar
• 2012 Disaster Calendar
• Mass Die-offs

Hundreds Evacuated Amid Spain Wildfires

Wildfires consume 3,000 acres, force hundreds to evacuate in drought-stricken Spain

Four major fires have consumed more than 3,000 acres near the town of Lleida in the Pyrenees area, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia.

Disaster Calendar 2012 – March 10

[March 10, 2012]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,467 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Catalonia, Spain.  Four major fires have consumed more than 3,000 acres near the town of Lleida in the Pyrenees area, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia.
  • Spain is experiencing its worst winter drought in living memory.

Spain Drought Maps

Spain Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for February 2012. Source:  AEMET – Enhanced by FIRE-EARTH

Spain Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI);  3-month forecast. Source:  AEMET

Other Global Disasters

• Indiana, USA.The Disaster President has declared that a major disaster exists in the state of Indiana following the fatalities, widespread damage and losses caused by severe storms, straight-line winds, and deadly tornadoes during the period of February 29 to March 3, 2012.
  • The worst affected areas are the counties of Clark, Jefferson, Ripley, Scott, Warrick, and Washington.

• Afghanistan.   Death toll from avalanches that  buried several villages in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province has climbed to at least 57.
  • The avalanche that buried Shirin Nazem village in Sheky district has left at least 145 others missing, “presumed dead,”  the UN said.
  • Afghanistan coldest winter in nearly two decades has left hundreds of people dead, including about 100 in Badakhshan province including at least 35 children.
  • The cold has also left at least two dozen children dead in refugee camps on the outskirts of the capital Kabul.

• UK.  Schmallenberg virus (SBV), aka, ‘deformed lamb’ infection has been identified on 145 UK farms [up from 92 farms on March 2, and 11 farms on January 31, 2012,] AHVLA reported.
  • “Nine of the positive cases have been diagnosed in cattle, 136 in sheep, and none to date in other species. Two new counties have reported disease: Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.”
• Germany. Animals on at least 908 farms have been tested positive for Schmallenberg virus, as of March 9, 2012 [up from 847 farms on March 5,] FLI reported.
• Rest of Europe. Numbers of Schmallenberg infection in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg appear to be heavily under-reported.

Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs

• 2010 Disasters [Links to 2010 Disaster Calendar]
• Mega Disasters
• 2011 Disaster Calendar
• 2012 Disaster Calendar
  

Recent Drought Links

• Extreme or Severe Drought Covers 3/4 of Portugal Posted on March 4, 2012
• Disaster Calendar 2012 – January 18 – Badakhshan Avalanches 
• Record freezing temperatures have left at least 16 children dead at refugee camps outside the capital Kabul – February 13, 2012
• A massive avalanche has obliterated a village in Afghanistan’s north-eastern Badakhshan province – March 6, 2012

Massive Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations in Spain

Tsunamis of fire consume large parts of Calblanque natural park in Murcia region, SE Spain

Thousands of people are forced to evacuate the town of Portman, near Cartagena.

[August 19, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,671 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

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Disaster Calendar 2011 – August 19 Entry

• Murcia, Spain. Raging wildfires, fueled by strong winds and high temperatures, have consumed large parts of Calblanque natural park in Murcia region, southeastern Spain. The raging fires have forced thousands of residents to flee the town of Portman, near the historic city of Cartagena, reports said.

Texas Could Experience Back-to-Back Fire Seasons

• Texas, USA. Raging wildfires continue to consume the drought-plagued state of Texas.
• Wildfires have consumed 5,400 square miles [3,456,000 acres] since mid-November, 2010, TFS reported [3,392,130 acres since January].
• Fire have destroyed 1,945 structures [2,650 according to FEWW estimate] since January.
• Fast-moving wildfires have destroyed dozens of homes/structures in the past few days.
• A record 250 of Texas’s 254 counties are currently under burn bans.
• So far, 7  of the 10 largest wildfires in the state’s history have occurred this year.
• Louisiana, USA. Department of Natural Resources Office of Conservation has issued an Emergency Order in response the extended drought conditions in southern Caddo parish, a report said.
• South Caddo Parish has experienced “moderate” to “exceptional” drought conditions for 15 consecutive months.

Related Links

• U.S. back-to-back disasters phase has begun
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar