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Face-palm! Migration agencies want cooler countries to prepare for 'climate refugees'

Scandinavia
© AP Photo/ Alastair Grant
In the years to come, rampaging climate change transforming many places on Earth beyond recognition may unleash yet another wave of asylum seekers fleeing from areas rendered uninhabitable by floods, droughts or heat.

In addition to wars and oppression, climate change alone can effectively force people to flee from their homes swept away by natural calamities. "Climate migration" may therefore become a major challenge for the Western world, triggering an exodus on a completely different scale than the refugee crisis experienced in Europe in recent years.

If not combated effectively, it can force tens of millions of people to flee. Over 26 million people relocated for climate reasons in 2008-2015 alone, according to UNHCR. While the majority of them moved inside their home country, they may eventually cross borders and try their luck elsewhere, preferably in cooler and more stable areas, such as Scandinavia.

Comment: Earth changes are happening and they are very real. The absurdity is, however, that these people have things completely backward! Countries should be preparing for such activity, but the unfortunate thing is they are headed in the opposite direction based on corrupt science.


Fire

Wildfires rage along the Adriatic coast in Croatia and Montenegro

Smoke rises from trees burned by wildfire on a mountain near Montenegro capital Podgorica, Monday
© Risto Bozovic, AP
Smoke rises from trees burned by wildfire on a mountain near Montenegro capital Podgorica, Monday
Firefighters in Croatia and Montenegro have been struggling to contain wild fires that have erupted along the Adriatic coast in the two countries at the height of the tourism season.

In Croatia, the blazes have spread over several locations along the coast and on the islands, engulfing pine forests and low shrubbery in extremely dry and windy weather.

Near the coastal town of Sibenik, a fire almost reached houses, but firefighting planes managed to stop the flames from spreading any further. Thick smoke has closed down the main road in the area.


Cloud Precipitation

Flash flood in South Korea leaves at least 5 dead

Damage after flood in Cheonan, South Korea
© YNA / CHEONAN CITY
Damage after flood in Cheonan, South Korea
Heavy rain pounded the central region on Sunday, leaving four people dead and two missing. The Ministry of Public Safety and Security said that more than 300 millimeters of torrential rain battered Cheongju and Boeun cities in North Chungcheong Province over the weekend, displacing over 300 people. More than 680 homes were flooded, as well as about five thousand hectares of farmland, and 517 people were displaced across the nation. Two people died in a landslide in Cheongju, and two others, who went missing while crossing a bridge on Sunday in Goesan County, were found dead on Monday morning.

A flood warning was issued for the county when the water level at a local dam almost surged to a maximum 137-point-65 meters, with 54 local residents evacuating. Train operations for North Chungcheong Province were suspended for about five hours on Sunday as part of the train tracks were submerged by heavy rain.


Attention

Whale carcass towed out to sea by lifeguards from beach in Marshfield, Massachusetts

whale carcass
© Greg Derr
The Marshfield harbormaster's office towed a whale carcass 3 miles out to sea Monday, in hopes that it would not wash back up on Rexhame Beach.

The carcass, about 22 feet long, had been seen at different local beaches starting Friday. The carcass' state of decomposition made it is difficult to tell how old the whale was or what killed it, Marshfield Harbormaster Michael Dimeo said.

"It was hard to even identify it," Dimeo said.

The harbormaster's office decided to tow the carcass far from shore after considering burying it at Plymouth Beach. Towing it and "letting nature take its course" was the best option, Dimeo said.

Cloud Precipitation

Flash floods leave at least 16 dead in Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Badakhshan floods, Afghanistan, July 2017 .
© State Minister for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs
Badakhshan floods, Afghanistan, July 2017 .
Officials in Afghanistan reported on 16 July that at least 16 people have been killed and 19 others injured in recent flash floods in the north eastern province of Badakhshan.

Afghanistan's Office of the State Minister for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs (SMDM) said that flooding affected 15 villages three districts of Nusay, Shekiay and Kuf Ab.

Around 250 houses were destroyed and over 100 others left damaged. It is thought that over 300 families have been displaced. SMDM says it is distributing compensation and relief supplies, including food items.

Parts of neighbouring Pakistan have suffered severe flooding since late June. In a report of 04 July, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that at least 38 people had died in flooding across the country since 26 June, 2017.

Cloud Lightning

3 people killed by lightning bolt in Jharkhand, India

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Three persons including a minor were killed when lightning struck them at Khindalal Toli village in Simdega district this evening, official sources said.

The victims had shelter under a tree during the rains, sources said adding that lightning struck them and and they died on the spot.

They were identified as Rupesh Kujur (25), Tibrius Tirkey (22) and Sanatan Toppo (13), all residents of Khindalal Toli.

Deputy Commissioner Manjunath Bhajantri reached the spot and assured compensation to the family members of the victims.

Cloud Lightning

Marine Osprey maintainer killed by lightning bolt in Jacksonville, North Carolina

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A Marine tiltrotor mechanic has died after last week being struck by lightning, according to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.

Cpl. Skyler James and another Marine were struck by lightning on July 11 at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, the wing announced Monday in a news release. The other Marine was treated at the Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital and released.

James, of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, was taken to the University of North Carolina Health Center, where he was declared brain-dead on Sunday, said wing spokesman Capt. John Roberts.

Cloud Lightning

73 killed by lightning across Myanmar since April

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Lightning strikes have killed 73 people in Myanmar since April, the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief, and Resettlement announced in the military-run Myawady Daily newspaper on Sunday.

This figure is up from 57 deaths between April and June, according to the ministry.

U Win Shwe, director of the Yangon Region Relief and Resettlement Department, told the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar that most of the deaths have been recorded in Bago and Ayeyawady regions between noon and 6pm.

He also said lightning fatalities have risen in Myanmar during rainy seasons since Cyclone Nargis hit the country in 2008.

Comment: See also: Lightning strikes kill 57 within 10 weeks in Myanmar (Burma); compares to 10 deaths for roughly the same period in 2016


Snowflake Cold

Extreme cold weather kills 2 people in Argentina

Argentina cold weather
© AP Photo/Federico Grosso
Snow covers a dock in Villa La Angostura in southern Argentina, Monday, July 17, 2017. The National Meteorological Service says that the cold front comes all the way from the South Pole.
Officials say cold weather and freezing temperatures from a polar wave have killed two people in Argentina.

The victims are a 54-year-old homeless man in the seaside resort city of Mar del Plata and a 41-year-old man living in a shack in Santa Fe province. Officials said Monday that both died of hypothermia.

The National Meteorological Service says the cold front comes all the way from the South Pole and is hitting Argentina's center and northern regions particularly hard. Temperatures in those areas have reached as low as 19.4 Fahrenheit (-7 Celsius).

An absolute record of -13.7 Fahrenheit (-25.4 Celsius) was also registered in the Patagonian ski resort of Bariloche.

Flights were delayed or canceled there as the airport was temporarily closed due to weather conditions.

Comment: In neighboring Chile 280,000 people lost power this week as extremely cold weather there brought snow to Santiago for the first time in 20 years.


Seismograph

Peru struck by 6.6 magnitude earthquake

Peru earthquake
© USGS
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit on Tuesday the southern part of Peru, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.

The tremors were registered at 21:05 p.m. local time (2:05 GMT Tuesday) some 104 kilometers (over 64.6 miles) west of the town of Camana in southern Peru.

The epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of 10 kilometers.

There are no reports about damages and victims. The tsunami alert was not announced.