Floods

Emergency declared after floods worsen in the south of Paraguay

Floodlist
Fri, 10 May 2019 09:37 UTC

Flooding along the Paraguay River in Asunción, Paraguay, 2019.

The government of Ñeembucú Department in Paraguay declared a state of emergency on Wednesday 08 May, 2019, after the flood situation worsened in southern areas of the country.

Heavy rainfall over recent days have increased river levels, including the Paraguay River at Pilar, the capital of Neembucu Department. As of 08 May, the river stood at 7.93 metres, well above alert level (7 metres) and close to critical level (8 metres).

The government is distributing food and relief supplies to around 1,000 affected families in San Juan in Ñeembucú. Supplies will also be distributed in the districts of Guazucuá and Tacuaras. Other affected areas include Villa Oliva, Villa Franca, Alberdi and parts of Pilar.

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Brutal winter exit & cold start to spring 2019

Adapt 2030
Wed, 08 May 2019 20:58 UTC

Extreme cold and floods events leading into spring 2019 have left parts of our globe unable to plant this years crops, how did we go from all time record cold to all time record floods, here is what the corporate media overlooked along the way into spring of 2019.

Flash floods prompt emergency rescues and evacuations in Texas and Kansas

Floodlist
Wed, 08 May 2019 18:13 UTC

Storms and heavy rain have again caused flash flooding in parts of the USA. This is the second spate of flash flooding in the last few days.

Emergency workers carried out dozens of high water rescues in areas around Houston, Texas, after flooding from 07 May, 2019. Storms have also brought heavy rain and flash flooding to parts of Kansas, where some homes have been evacuated.

Texas

Some areas of Houston recorded almost 10 inches (254 mm) of rain in 24 hours to early 08 May, 2019. National Weather Service (NWS) Houston said rainfall rates in areas over Fort Bend, Brazoria and Galveston counties were around 2 to 3 inches per hour.

Firefighters and police worked to evacuate some homes and rescue people from vehicles on impassable roads, in particular in areas around Kingwood in northeast Houston, and Sugar Land, situated to the southwest of the city in Fort Bend County.

Ice Age Farmer Report: Zharkova Warns: PREPARE for Grand Solar Minimum (SC25/26)

Ice Age Farmer
Mon, 06 May 2019 20:06 UTC

Cold, wet conditions prevail across the Northern Hemisphere, preventing farmers from planting. As Valentina Zharkova warns in a recent interview: prepare now for the cooling ahead, particularly the minimum between solar cycles 25 and 26 (if we make it that long!). Start growing, and spread the word.

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North Korea faces food crisis after "worst harvest in a decade" - UN

Tom Miles
Yahoo
Fri, 03 May 2019 12:00 UTC

© Jacky Chen/Reuters
A North Korean woman is shown in a 2015 file photo tending to crops in Sakchu county, North Phyongan Province, North Korea.

Four in ten North Koreans are chronically short of food and further cuts to already minimal rations are expected after the worst harvest in a decade, the United Nations said on Friday.

Official rations are down to 300 grammes - under 11 ounces - per person per day, the lowest ever for this time of year, the U.N. said following a food security assessment it carried out at Pyongyang's request from March 29 to April 12.

It found that 10.1 million people were suffering from severe food insecurity, "meaning they do not have enough food till the next harvest," U.N. World Food Program spokesman Herve Verhoosel said.

Comment: Obviously malicious US sanctions are exacerbating the situation but food shortages due to the increasingly erratic seasons and extreme weather is depleting food stocks across the globe:

Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

Historic Mississippi River flooding could extend into June, experts warn

Elizabeth Weise
USA Today
Sat, 04 May 2019 12:34 UTC

Flooding along the Mississippi river could persist through the end of the month and even into June as relentless rains continue to saturate the Midwest, forecasters say.

"We have points in Iowa and Illinois that have been in flood stage for over 30 days, which hasn't occurred since we started keeping records — and some of them go back 150 years," said Patrick Burke a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.

At least four people have died in the flooding, which has closed hundreds of roads, stopped vessel traffic along parts of the Mississippi River and inundated multiple towns, including major flooding in Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois.

Comment: Trouble could be brewing for farmers in the US Corn Belt because of continuing wet weather

Trouble could be brewing for farmers in the US Corn Belt because of continuing wet weather

John Roach
AccuWeather
Fri, 03 May 2019 18:45 UTC

Corn planting is behind schedule in the United States because of the weather in four of the top six states for corn production -- and that situation is not expected to improve when the latest Crop Progress report is issued Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), according to an AccuWeather analysis.

Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana and South Dakota are the four states significantly behind schedule and expected to remain that way, according to AccuWeather meteorologists who have been analyzing the data. Those four states combined produce nearly 40% of the corn in the U.S. If the weather continues a wet pattern through late May, consumer prices could go up this summer.

Iowa and Nebraska, the other two states among the top six corn producers, are only slightly behind, according to data from the USDA.

"The question will be how much farther it will fall behind the pace," said AccuWeather senior meteorologist Jason Nicholls. "It's about a week behind schedule right now. If it were to go to a week and a half or two weeks, that's big news."

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Upcoming food shortages blamed on farmers & fishermen

Adapt 2030
Wed, 01 May 2019 18:00 UTC

Bankruptcies slamming American dairy and grain farmers which has a feedback loop of banks less willing to lend because of risk, so less land is planted because of lack of financing. Kenyan and Ugandan fishermen square off over Lake Victoria fish, a look food usage globally and the Galactic Cross.

Comment: Erratic seasons and extreme weather devastating crops around the world

Crop and cattle losses are on the rise everywhere, whether it is due to extensive drought, massive hail, epic flooding, huge dust storms, unexpected frosts, and even epidemics. See also:

UN: Pattern of Mozambique storms 'unprecedented'

Phys.org
Fri, 26 Apr 2019 17:44 UTC

Pounding rain from Cyclone Idai turned the region around the city of Beira in central Mozambique into an inland sea

The back-to-back cyclones that have ravaged Mozambique are unprecedented in recorded history, the UN said Friday, as it planned to examine the country's defences against extreme weather in the light of climate change.

Cyclone Kenneth, which smashed into northern Mozambique late Thursday, hit "an area where no tropical cyclone has been observed since the satellite era," the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a statement.

Kenneth struck barely a month after Cyclone Idai cut a path of destruction through central Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, leaving more than 1,000 dead.

"There is no record of two storms of such intensity striking Mozambique in the same season," the WMO said, labelling Kenneth an "unprecedented tropical cyclone."

Comment: Cyclone Kenneth: Mozambique hit by its strongest storm ever - Just five weeks after Idai devastated country

Comment: See also:

Incessant rain brings flood to Indonesia - at least 29 killed (UPDATE)

Tempo.co
Sun, 28 Apr 2019 14:39 UTC

Ten people were reportedly killed and eight others were missing after flood swept through several parts of Bengkulu province on Friday (April 26),

The 10 consisted of two from Bengkulu city, six from Central Bengkulu district. and two from Kepahiang district. Chief of the Bengkulu Provincial Disaster Mitigation Board (BPBD) Rusdi Bakar said on Sunday.

Incessant rains caused several rivers in Bengkulu to overflow their banks on Friday night, flooding several parts of the province.

The flood also caused landslides, cutting off land communications among districts in Bengkulu and between the province and other provinces, including South Sumatra and Lampung.

Comment: Update: Al Jazeera on the 29th of April reports:

Floods sparked by torrential rains have killed 29 people in Indonesia with a dozen more still missing, officials said on Monday, marking the latest calamity for a disaster-prone nation.

Landslides and floods are common, especially during the monsoon season between October and April, when rains lash the vast Southeast Asian archipelago.

On Monday, Indonesia's disaster agency confirmed 29 deaths and said at least 13 more people were missing after days of pounding storms on the island of Sumatra.

Some 12,000 people have been evacuated from water-logged Bengkulu province with hundreds of buildings, bridges and roads damaged.

Hardest hit was Bengkulu Tengah district, just outside of the provincial capital, where 22 people were killed along with hundreds of livestock.

Authorities have set up temporary shelters and public kitchens for the evacuees.

Meanwhile, a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Sumatra's Lampung province on Saturday killed a family of six and disrupted transportation links to neighbouring regions.

Flooding in parts of the capital Jakarta during the week killed at least two people and forced more than 2,000 to evacuate their homes.

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Residents are salvaging belongings as floodwaters submerged their homes