The press warns us every day that we are having a climate crisis. And they should know, because they have been warning us about an imminent climate crisis for almost a century.
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The press warns us every day that we are having a climate crisis. And they should know, because they have been warning us about an imminent climate crisis for almost a century.
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Damaged cars outside the Faculty of Geology building at the University of Tirana after an earthquake on Saturday.
Damaged cars outside the Faculty of Geology building at the University of Tirana after an earthquake on Saturday.
The epicenter of the shallow 5.6 magnitude quake, was near Durres, less than 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of the capital, Tirana, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Albania's defense ministry said it was the "strongest earthquake in the country in the last 20 to 30 years."
"There are no deaths," defense ministry spokeswoman Albana Qajaj said.
Some 80 people sought medical help in both Tirana and Durres, 21 of whom were hospitalized due to injuries caused by falling objects or parts of walls as well as for panic attacks, Health Minister Ogerta Manasterilu said.
Qajaj said that houses and buildings in Tirana had been damaged but were still standing and that the ministry was accessing damage in other towns and villages.
Authorities later said the quake had damaged about 600 homes and knocked out power and water facilities in Tirana, Durres and some other western and central districts.
Ladan, who is based in Kwara State, had come to the hill, known as Oke-Owa, on the outskirts of the agrarian community, to graze his herd, when the incident occurred.
The hill is said to be only visited by the king of the town and some chiefs once in a year, during the celebration of the new yam festival, to perform some rituals.
The incident was said to have been accompanied by a thunderstorm.
The documentary showed multiple walruses tumbling down a cliff.
"It was just a horrible tragedy and our heart goes out to the family," said Lt. Andrew Scott. "I can't imagine what they're going through at this moment."
The boy was mauled by the family pit bull at a home in Granite Bay around 3 p.m., officials said. The dog attack appeared to have been unprovoked.
"The adult was with the baby when the attack occurred and didn't appear to hint at anything that the attack was coming," Scott said. "Sometimes, they're not preventable and our investigation appears that is the case."
With the unavoidable crop loss reality and rising food prices because of the largest floods in American history, suddenly the Saudi Arabia oil refinery goes off line for six months during harvest season. This in my opinion will be used to explain away runaway food & agricultural commodities prices.
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Fresh snow covers a line of snowcats at Alta in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019.
Fresh snow covers a line of snowcats at Alta in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019.
According to KSL meteorologist Grant Wayman, the storm that brought widespread rain to the Salt Lake Valley is expected to dump 1 to 3 inches of snow at high elevations.
The sun is expected to show itself Saturday, with highs in the upper 60s. Temperatures are then expected to climb into the mid-70s Sunday and well into the workweek.
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