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Flash flooding struck in the city of Nogales, close to the border with Arizona, USA, following a storm on 13 August 2022.
The governor of Sonora, Alfonso Durazo, confirmed the death of three people, including 2 young children. The victims died after vehicles were swept away in flash floods in two separate incidents. Eleven people were rescued safely by emergency crews.
© Afghan Red CrescentFloods in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, 13 August 2022.
According to the state-run Bakhtar News Agency (BNA), flash flooding struck in the norther Parwan Province on 13 August 2022 following heavy rainfall. Affected districts include Ghorband (also known as Syagird) and Shinwari.
Afghanistan Meteorological Department issued warnings for heavy rain for several northern and eastern provinces, predicting a possible 40 mm of rain in some areas. Neighbouring parts of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province recorded over 200 mm of rain in 24 hours to 14 August 2022.
BNA said that 31 people died in the floods and 17 were injured. Around 100 people are feared missing and the death toll is likely to rise. Many roads are blocked hindering access for rescue and relief workers.
© Prepper KiwiBuckets of water nearby a dolphin stranded at low tide.
One adult dolphin and a calf died earlier this afternoon after the mass stranding at Whakanewha Bay.
The remaining juvenile dolphin returned to deeper water shortly before 4pm. The animal was monitored by Project Jonah and was seen heading back out into the Hauraki Gulf.
DoC's Auckland inner islands operations manager, Emma Kearney, said efforts to refloat the other dolphins and shepherd them out to sea continued after 4pm.
Separately, in early June, the Green Balkans conservation organisation said that by that point, the regional directorate of the environment ministry in Bourgas on Bulgaria's southern coast had reported 55 dead dolphins since 2022 began.
Nova reported Professor Violin Raikov of the Institute of Oceanology at the Bulgarian Academy of Science as saying: "We know that there are military actions in Ukraine. It is quite likely that underwater explosions would cause such mass death".
For now, the theory that the dolphins had been killed intentionally by people was being rejected, the report said.
Raykov said that cetacean morbilivirus was particularly dangerous for dolphins, which could become infected en masse.
© IOMFloods in Chad, August 2022.
In a report of 05 August 2022, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that since June, storms, heavy rain and flooding have affected 3,477 households (over 17,000 people) and destroyed 1,312 houses. Further more at least 22 people have lost their lives and 229 have been injured.
The worst affected areas are in the province of Sila, in particular Kimiti and Koukou-Angarana where heavy rainfall on 29 July affected more than 8,142 people. OCHA said the Gozamir refugee camp in the area was particularly affected. Needs for essential household items, food, shelter and access to health and nutritional services have been identified in these areas as priorities. In terms of response, an international NGO has been delivering drinking water since 01 August and is strengthening the promotion of hygiene and sanitation and the construction of latrines in the disaster area.
The epicenter of the earthquake occurred southeast of the Loyalty Islands off the eastern coast of Caledonia, at a depth of 80.6 kilometers, US Geological Survey said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or material losses due to the quake.
New Caledonia lies in the Pacific's Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates meet, the friction of which leads to intense seismic and volcanic activity.
© REUTERS/Carl RecineCracks can be seen on dried up bed of Tittesworth Reservoir, in Leek, Britain, August 12, 2022.
- Government met environment officials and water companies
- Drought declared for parts of England
- Northern English water company announces hosepipe ban
- Flash floods could follow dry weather, say Met Office
The drought, the first in England since 2018, means that water companies will step up efforts to manage the impact of dry weather on farmers and the environment, including by managing water to protect supplies, the Environment Agency said. read more
"All water companies have reassured us that essential supplies are still safe, and we have made it clear it is their duty to maintain those supplies," Water Minister Steve Double said, following a meeting of the National Drought Group.The drought follows England's driest July in nearly 90 years, a month in which temperatures crossed 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) for the first time, bringing a renewed focus to the impacts of climate change.
"We are better prepared than ever before for periods of dry weather, but we will continue to closely monitor the situation ... and take further action as needed."
© Patrick Pleul/dpa via APDead fish lie on the banks of the German-Polish border river Oder in Lebus, eastern Germanny, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Poland’s environment minister says laboratory tests following a mass dying off of fish detected high levels of salinity but no mercury in waters of Central Europe’s Oder River.
Anna Moskwa, the minister of climate and environment, said analyses of river samples taken in both Poland and Germany revealed elevated salt levels. Comprehensive toxicology studies are still underway in Poland, she said.
She said Poland's state veterinary authority tested seven species of the dead fish and ruled out mercury as the cause of the die-off but was still waiting for results of other substances. She said test results from Germany had also not shown a high presence of mercury.
The Oder River runs from Czechia to the border between Poland and Germany before flowing into the Baltic Sea. Some German media had suggested that the river have been be poisoned with mercury.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Friday that "huge amounts of chemical waste" were probably dumped intentionally into his country's second-longest river, causing environmental damage so severe it would take years for the waterway to recover.
On Saturday, Morawiecki vowed to do everything possible to limit the environmental devastation. Poland's interior minister said a reward of 1 million zlotys ($220,000) would be paid to anyone who helps track down those responsible for polluting the river.
© VnExpress/Quan Van QuyFloodwater rises in Phu Tho Province in northern Vietnam, August 12, 2022.
The northern highlands province of Hoa Binh reported three deaths: Dinh Thi Nguyet, 35, Ha Tam Uyen, 4, and Nguyen Minh Hieu, 10, were swept away by floodwaters and their bodies found later.
Of the eight people listed missing, also swept away by floods, two were from Hoa Binh, one from Phu Tho, two in Lao Cai and four in Nam Dinh Province.
The four people missing in Nam Dinh are a 35-year-old woman, her 8-year-old daughter and two nieces, aged 11 and 12. They went to a river at around 6:30 p.m. Thursday. When the three children entered the river to swim, they were swept away. The woman jumped in to try and save them, only to be swept away as well.
Comment: See also:
- Review: "Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection"
- Heatwave turns southeastern Europe into tinderbox as fires rage
- Relief in sight? Temperatures could fall this week as Britain bakes in longest heatwave since summer of 1976
- Floods kill three in Britain, southern Europe hit by heatwave
- Heatwave: city centre road melts and wildfires blaze across Britain
- Heatwave set to be declared as UK temperatures soar
- Heatwave turns southeastern Europe into tinderbox as fires rage
- UK heatwave causes farmers earliest harvest for 40 years - Yield is significantly reduced
And yet, many researches are showing that out planet is rapidly cooling. Are this exptreame weather conditions in some parts of the world just a symptoms of an upcoming huge and sudden climate change?Are we on a verge of an Ice Age that can bring down our civilisation ?
While our planet is cooling, the governments are pushing the "global warming" agenda in order to collect more money and apply more control over the population.