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Drought drying up the Yangtze river, China loses hydropower

Blanca Begert
Grist
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 17:31 UTC
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© Zhong Guilin/VCG via Getty ImagesA drought in China is drying up the Yangtze River
No rain and a 70-day heat wave spur crop failures, power cuts, and dangerously-low reservoirs across parts of China.

A historic drought in the southwest of China is drying up rivers, intensifying forest fires, damaging crops, and severely curtailing electricity in a region highly dependent on hydropower.

The Yangtze River, the third largest in the world, has dropped to half its average water levels, affecting shipping routes, limiting drinking water supplies, causing rolling blackouts, and even exposing long-submerged Buddhist statues. Some 66 rivers across 34 counties in Chongqing were dried up as of last week, Reuters reported. Also last week, the province of Sichuan, which gets more than 80 percent of its energy from hydropower, cut or limited electricity to thousands of factories in an effort to "leave power for the people." Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, is just a quarter of its normal size for this time of year.

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Police probe whether dogs mauled 73-y-o to death in Jamaica


The Gleaner (Jamaica)
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 17:26 UTC
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Tragedy struck in the Vanzie Land community of Falmouth, Trelawny, early Tuesday morning when a 73-year-old woman was killed, reportedly by a pack of dogs that jumped the wall of their owner's property.

The woman, who was physically challenged and walked with the assistance of a stroller, was identified by relatives as Cathlene Jump, a resident of Vanzie Land.

Reports are that about 6:30 a.m., residents heard screams of anguish a short distance away from Jump's house. They found the body of Jump, whose clothes were partially ripped off, lying in a pool of blood on the roadway.

The body had several deep wounds.
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Thousands homeless as flash floods hit Balochistan, Pakistan on August 23

Chave Weather
YouTube
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:59 UTC
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Heavy rain has caused flash floods in Balochistan, Pakistan on August 23rd 2022.

Over 10,000 homes have been destroyed by fast moving water.

Gas supplies have been stopped as pipelines were washed away.

Roads filled with water and bridges were washed away, isolating communities.

Farmland and livestock have been affected, raising fears of low food supplies in the area.

Emergency shelters have been set up to help affected citizens.

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Hail, torrential rain leave at least 31 dead in Tibetan-populated areas of China

Sangyal Kunchok
rfa.org
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:02 UTC
Tibetans collect the carcasses of livestock killed during flooding from hailstorms and torrential rain in Mangra country, Tsolho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, western China's Qinghai province, Aug. 21, 2022.
Tibetans collect the carcasses of livestock killed during flooding from hailstorms and torrential rain in Mangra country, Tsolho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, western China's Qinghai province, Aug. 21, 2022.
Hail and heavy rain caused the deaths of at least 31 people in Tibetan-populated counties in northwestern China's Qinghai and Gansu provinces, Tibetan sources said. More than 2,000 heads of livestock were also killed in the storms.

In Mangra (in Chinese, Guinan) county of Tsolho (Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's Qinghai province, where five people and the livestock perished, hail and rain on Saturday caused significant damage, including the destruction of tents used by nomads, a Tibetan from the region and one who lives in exile told RFA.

"The flooding actually came from the nomadic region of Panchen and Panchung [in Mangra county]," said the Tibetan inside the region.

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Summer thunderstorms flood streets and homes in Athens and northern Greece - 3 inches of rain in an hour

Tasos Kokkinidis
Greek Reporter
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 10:46 UTC
Many streets in Athens were flooded
© AMNAMany streets in Athens were flooded during thunderstorms.
The short but intense spells of thunderstorms on Monday night to early Tuesday morning led to the flooding of major streets in and around Athens and Thessaloniki, and trees were uprooted in northern Greece.

No injuries have been reported thus far, but, in Ptolemaida in northern Greece and nearby villages, flooding in basements of homes led to additional firefighters being summoned to help from the regions of Epirus and West Macedonia. Since Monday night, these included a total of fifty firefighters with twenty trucks.

Water was pumped out in forty-five homes, basements, and professional spaces, and in a farming village about ten kilometers from Ptolemaida, the village of Ardassa saw over three inches of rainfall in nearly an hour. There were reports of flooded agricultural fields, irrigation channels, and overwhelmed drainage channels.

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Postal worker dies after dog attack in Putnam County, Florida

Anne Maxwell
news4jax.com
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 09:58 UTC
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A postal worker died Monday after being mauled Sunday by several dogs in the Interlachen Lake Estates area, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday.

At a news conference Tuesday afternoon, the Sheriff's Office identified Pamela Jane Rock, 61, of Melrose, as the mail carrier attacked Sunday afternoon by the dogs after her vehicle broke down.

Deputies said they responded to Walker Drive, found the woman on the ground with severe bleeding and started to provide first aid assistance, including applying tourniquets, until rescue units arrived. Deputies said she was transported to HCA Florida Putnam Hospital by ambulance and then flown to a trauma center in Gainesville in critical condition. She later died around 7:30 p.m. Monday, according to the Sheriff's Office.

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Lightning kills over 50 sheep in northern Greece and 160 cattle in Albania


Greek Reporter
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 09:25 UTC
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More than 50 sheep were killed in the region of Vlacha in Metsovo, northern Greece, after they were struck by lightning during a midday thunderstorm on Tuesday.

According to state broadcaster ERT, the frequent thunderstorms that have broken out in recent days are particularly intense with lots of lightning. Greece is high on the list of recorded deaths of people struck by lightning in Europe.

"Unfortunately, Greece has statistically probably the highest number of deaths than other countries in Europe due to lightning," said the training director of the Hellenic Rescue Team, Zafiris Trombakas, in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency's radio station.

Source: AMNA

Comment: A day earlier 150 cattle were struck and killed in Albania.

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Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hits 253 km Northeast of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Times Now News
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 09:15 UTC
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A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia late Tuesday, according to the US Geological Survey, sending people fleeing their homes but with no casualties or damage immediately reported.

The shallow quake occurred in the waters off the southwestern coast of Sumatra island, at around 9:30 pm (1430 GMT) -- nearest to Bengkulu, South Sumatra and Lampung provinces.

It sent people in South Sumatra and Bengkulu rushing from their homes, according to local media and witnesses contacted by AFP.

However no casualties or damages were immediately reported by authorities, and USGS estimated that there would be little chance of damage on the ground in Sumatra island. No tsunami threat was issued.
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EU drought assessed at 'worst in 500 years'


RT
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 18:36 UTC
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© AFP / Joel SagetWater levels at Lac Serre-Poncon in the French Alps decreased 14 meters due to drought, August 21, 2022
A rainfall deficit will badly impact farming yields, the European Commission has warned

Europe is experiencing what appears to be the worst drought in five centuries, the European Commission warned on Tuesday, citing a new analysis released by the EU's Joint Research Center (JRC).

The August report highlighted the continued impact of extreme weather on farming. Almost half of the EU, or 47%, remains under warning conditions due to a shortage of moisture in the soil, while 17% of the EU is on alert due to the negative effects the weather has on crops. Together, they constitute 64% of the EU, the statement pointed out.
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Cloud Precipitation

Deadly flash floods in Texas after 15 inches of rain in 24 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:42 UTC
Flash floods in Dallas, 21 to 22 August 2022.
© Dallas Police DepartmentFlash floods in Dallas, 21 to 22 August 2022.
As much as 385 mm of rain fell in 24 hours in parts of northern Texas, triggering flash floods across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, 21 to 22 August 2022.

Meanwhile heavy rain has taken its toll in parts of New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, where one person is reported missing in flash floods.

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