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Eruption at Sangay volcano hits Ecuadorian banana output - 55,000 hectares under carpet of ash

Maura Mawell
Fruitnet.com
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:39 UTC

A volcanic eruption in Ecuador has covered 80,000 hectares of farming land in Ecuador in ash, the Andean country's government says.

Production on affected farms will be below normal levels for at least a month, Acorbanec said

The eruption of Ecuador's Sangay volcano has left around thousands of hectares of banana production under a carpet of ash.

According to exporter association Acorbanec, around 55,000ha have been affected. "We estimate that this will lead to a 25 per cent fall in the weekly exportable offer from the affected farms for at least a month," Richard Salazar told Fruitnet.

Sangay volcano is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world and one of Ecuador's most active ones. Since June, it has registered very high levels of activity.

The latest eruption occurred on Sunday morning, with ash continuing to fall until Monday night.

144,000 displaced by flooding - 60,000 hectares of crops damaged - 21,000 domestic animals killed in Afar, Ethiopia - a million affected across the country since July

Floodlist
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:20 UTC

The government in Ethiopia reports that unprecedented flooding caused by the overflow of the Awash River has displaced more than 144,000 persons in Afar Regional State.

According to state disaster officials, the overflow of Kesem, Tendaho, and Koka dams on the Awash River were the cause of displacement of more than 144,000 people.

Flooding in the state has affected 240,000 people, demolished 105 schools, 200 rural roads, 6 bridges, and killed over 21,000 domestic animals. Flooding has also damaged around 60,000 hectares of crops and farmland.

Heavy rain swamps Mumbai, India - nearly 16 inches in 48 hours

Floodlist
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:05 UTC

It's been raining heavily in the country's financial capital Mumbai

Extremely heavy rainfall inundated wide areas of Mumbai, India, from 22 to 24 September. Local media report that Mumbai recorded nearly 400 mm in 48 hours.

Roads of the city were swamped, stranding several vehicles and causing traffic chaos. Flooding on railway lines disrupted rail services. Media reported some residents in the Kranti Nagar area of the city were evacuated.

Meanwhile rescue workers continue to look for possible survivors after an apartment building collapsed in Bhiwandi on the outskirts of Mumbai on 21 September. As of 24 September, 35 people had died in the disaster. Officials are still investigating the cause of the collapse.

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Out of place floods, hurricanes and freeze events

Adapt 2030
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:44 UTC

Biggest floods ever recorded in Ethiopia, right over the new Renaissance Dam, the largest in Africa that is beginning to fill, now with a super charge. I wonder who knew the cycles of change turning desert to grassland that would have billions to fund such a project. First ever cyclone to hit Portugal mainland and hurricanes Beta and Teddy connect across 3000 miles of Atlantic waters.

Comment: Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Controlling water in Africa, a Grand Solar Minimum cycle

UK town hit by fourth earthquake in two weeks

Kevin Rawlinson
The Guardian
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 18:18 UTC

Tremors were felt in Leighton Buzzard for the third time in three weeks

Leighton Buzzard has been hit by two aftershocks in the space of a few hours - taking the total number of earthquakes felt in the area over the last two weeks to four.

A magnitude 2.1 event struck at 1.39pm on Tuesday afternoon, just over four hours after a 3.0 tremor was felt in the Bedfordshire town at 9.32am.

Geologists said they were likely to be aftershocks of the first quake felt in the area on 8 September.

"There's obviously been some stress been building up in that particular area and we've had the initial earthquake," said Glenn Ford, a seismologist with the British Geological Survey (BGS). "It's maybe just still rebalancing the stress regime in that particular part of the world and we're getting these little aftershocks occurring as well."

The 8 September tremor was magnitude 3.5 and the first aftershock five days later measured 2.1.

According to the BGS, residents said Tuesday's first tremor "only lasted a couple of seconds" and that they "felt a single jolt, a bit like being in a car that has done an emergency stop".

Comment: SECOND earthquake in a week hits UK town

Giant fissure opens up in the Mexico's Jiménez desert

Strange Sounds
Wed, 23 Sep 2020 22:41 UTC

A giant crack measuring more than 2 kilometers long opened in the desertic ground of Jiménez, Mexico.

The deep fissure has been discovered on September 15, 2020 by local residents.

Lightning strike injures 14 teens at soccer game in Switzerland

Deutsche Welle
Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:40 UTC

Over a dozen teenagers in Switzerland have been hospitalized after lightning struck a soccer field during a game. The bolt hit a lamp post before spreading over the field.

Fourteen teenagers in Switzerland were taken to the hospital on Tuesday evening after lightning struck a soccer field while they were in the middle of a game, Swiss news agency SDA reported.

The lightning initially struck a lamp post before spreading over the field, located in the Swiss village of Abtwil, 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Zurich, SDA said, citing police reports.

307 killed, 100 missing due to floods and landslides in past 3 months across Nepal

Khabarhub
Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:27 UTC

As many as 307 people have died and over 100 have gone missing due to monsoon-triggered landslides and floods in the last three months in Nepal.

According to the Nepal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management portal of the Home Ministry, 307 people died in 528 incidents that occurred in 67 districts between June 12 and September 21.

More than 100 people went missing and 214 sustained injuries after their houses were washed away by the floods and landslides triggered by incessant rains. Similarly, 1,178 families have been affected, of which 535 houses were fully damanged and 105 partially.

As many as 615 livestocks died after 105 cowsheds collapsed due to the floods and landslides.

According to Srijana Shrestha, the information officer for the Nepal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, the monsoon incurred a loss of around Rs 88,381,000.

China experiences 21 large-scale floods in 2020, setting historical record

Global Times
Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:18 UTC

© Xinhua/Liu Chan
Aerial photo taken on Aug. 18, 2020 shows flooded area in Ciqikou of Shapingba District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. Chongqing Municipality, located along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, was hit by severe flooding on Tuesday. A Level I emergency response was therefore issued for flood control.

China has experienced 21 numbered floods (floods of a certain large scale) so far in 2020, 1.6 times more than that of previous years, hitting a historical record since 1998.

The floods occurred in the six main river basins in China, including the Yangtze River and Yellow River.

A total of 833 rivers in China have gone above warning levels, 80 percent more than in the same period of that year, said China's Ministry of Water Resources in a statement on Tuesday.
Among them, 267 rivers were over the safety level and 77 reached historical record highs.

In 2020, the national average rainfall reached 616 mm, 13 percent more than the same period of the previous year and the second highest since 1961.

Beta makes landfall in Texas, tying century-old record for named storms in a year

Rachel DeSantis
Yahoo! News
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 18:29 UTC

Beta weakens to tropical depression

Tropical Depression Beta touched down in Texas Monday night as a tropical storm, marking the first time a Greek-named storm has ever made landfall in the continental United States.

Beta made landfall around 10 p.m. local time along the Matagorda Peninsula with sustained winds of 45 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

It was eventually downgraded to a tropical depression on Tuesday, but not before pummeling the area northeast of Victoria with 8-10 inches of rain.

Beta is weakening as it continues to move inland over Texas and onto Louisiana and Mississippi through the end of the week, but "significant flash and urban flooding" is still expected in parts of Texas, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Earth Changes

Eruption at Sangay volcano hits Ecuadorian banana output - 55,000 hectares under carpet of ash

144,000 displaced by flooding - 60,000 hectares of crops damaged - 21,000 domestic animals killed in Afar, Ethiopia - a million affected across the country since July

Heavy rain swamps Mumbai, India - nearly 16 inches in 48 hours

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Out of place floods, hurricanes and freeze events

UK town hit by fourth earthquake in two weeks

Giant fissure opens up in the Mexico's Jiménez desert

Lightning strike injures 14 teens at soccer game in Switzerland

307 killed, 100 missing due to floods and landslides in past 3 months across Nepal

China experiences 21 large-scale floods in 2020, setting historical record

Beta makes landfall in Texas, tying century-old record for named storms in a year

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