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Best of the Web: Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Largest floods in Chinese history wipe out the country's food & grain supply

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Thu, 23 Jul 2020 01:27 UTC

The Kwanyin temple built on a rocky island in the middle of the Yangtze River is seen flooded as the water level surge along Ezhou in central China's Hubei province

© Chinatopix Via APThe Kwanyin temple built on a rocky island in the middle of the Yangtze River is seen flooded as the water level surge along Ezhou in central China's Hubei province on Sunday, July 19, 2020.

The largest floods in the last 400 years are beginning to overwhelm China's central cities and surrounding grain growing and agriculture zones. At present 100+ million people will need to evacuate. With the unfathomable losses of food production, China will need to go on a buying spree unlike the world has ever seen for food imports. This will start with rice from Asia and move to every continent. The images in the video will give you an idea of the situation, and the precarious events our world will witness. Gold, silver, cryptocurrency, how will China pay for it all?

South Asia floods displace 9.6 million people, kill 550

Julhas Alam and Wasbir Hussain
Star Tribune
Wed, 22 Jul 2020 20:28 UTC

More than 9.6 million people across South Asia have been affected by severe floods, with hundreds of thousands struggling to get food and medicine, officials and aid organizations said Wednesday.

About 550 people have died in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, while millions have been displaced from their homes since the flooding began last month, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, or IFRC.

The organization warned of a humanitarian crisis, saying that close to one third of Bangladesh has already been flooded, with more flooding expected in the coming weeks. It said that 2.8 million people have been affected, and that more than 1 million are isolated.

Over 2,400 villages submerged, death toll mounts to 87 in Assam, India

DNA India
Wed, 22 Jul 2020 19:52 UTC

The floods in Assam have affected 30 districts, causing enormous damages to the livelihoods of more than 55 lakh and claiming 87 lives, according to the flood situation report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).

The report also stated that 2,409 villages in the state have been affected.

Incessant rainfall since the past four days in the state has led to water levels rising in the Brahmaputra and its tributary Krishnai river in the region.

1,09,358.67 hectares of crops have been damaged across the states due to the deluge.

Niger hit by devastating floods, 9 killed

The North Africa Journal
Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:25 UTC

Heavy floods in Niger have claimed nine lives and destroyed more than 2,000 homes, affecting at least 20,000 people, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. The southwestern Dosso region, central-south Maradi and Tahoua and Tillaberi in the west have been worst hit, it said in a statement. Niger, one of the world's driest as well as poorest countries, often experiences intense rainy seasons, which typically last two or three months.

Severe floods hit Nizhniye Sergi, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Disaster Compilations
YouTube
Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:17 UTC

In the Sverdlovsk region on the evening of July 20, the city of Nizhnie Sergi, in which nine thousand people live, flooded . Due to heavy rainfall, two rivers Serebryanka and Storozhevaya overflowed their banks; water poured through the streets, blowing away garages, cars, trees and even an iron footbridge.

As stated in the Ministry of Emergency Situations on the night of July 21, a total of 231 residential private houses, where more than 550 people live were flooded.

Read more (article in Russian).

Bangladesh floods claim 54 lives, affect 2.4 million people, says UN

Times of India
Wed, 22 Jul 2020 13:28 UTC

Photo shows flood-affected houses in Faridpur, Bangladesh, July 19, 2020.

Severe flooding in Bangladesh, which has killed at least 54 people and affected over 2.4 million people, could be the worst since 1988, the United Nations has said.

Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said on Tuesday (local time) that some 56,000 of those impacted already have been displaced and are taking refuge in government shelters, Xinhua reported.

"At least 54 people have reportedly been killed to date as a result," Dujarric told reporters at a regular briefing.

"The UN and our humanitarian partners are helping the government respond to the situation by providing food, water purification facilities, hygiene and dignity kits, as well as emergency shelter supplies," he said.

The UN Central Emergency Response Fund recently provided UN agencies with 5.2 million US dollars to help families most at risk, the spokesman said.

Lightning strikes kill 18 in 24 hours in Bihar, India - toll nearly 200 dead over the last several weeks - floods affect 413,952

huaxia
Xinhua
Wed, 22 Jul 2020 12:40 UTC

Lightning strikes continue to kill people in India's eastern state of Bihar as floods have affected over 400,000 people in eight districts, officials said on Wednesday.

According to officials at Bihar disaster management department, 18 people lost their lives in the past 24 hours due to lightning strikes in nine districts of the state.

The deaths have taken place in Banka, Jamui, Nalanda, Nawada, Gaya, Bhagalpur, Jehanabad, Lakhisarai and East Champaran.

"Six people were killed in Banka district, three each in Jamui and Nalanda, and one each in Nawada, Gaya, Bhagalpur, Jehanabad, Lakhisarai and East Champaran districts," an official at Bihar disaster management department said.

Comment: Also on July 21, lightning strikes killed at least 8 in Birbhum, West Bengal.

8 killed in landslides triggered by incessant rains in Nepal - at least 23 dead in 5 days

Shirish B Pradhan
Outlook
Tue, 21 Jul 2020 13:17 UTC

Eight people, including two children, were killed in landslides triggered by incessant rains in Nepal, home ministry officials said here on Tuesday.

Two children below the age of five were buried alive under a landslide in Tokha municipality, 12 km north of Kathmandu on Tuesday morning, they said.

Similar incidents were also reported in the last 24 hours from other parts of the country.

While one death each was reported from Dhading and Darchula districts, two persons died in Nawalparasi district, National Emergency Operation Centre chief Murari Basti said.

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Summer snow, 500-year storms & volcanoes - natures alert

Adapt 2030
Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:08 UTC

Summer snow India, 500 year storm New Zealand along with new data showing no warming in the country for the last 130 years. Brazil record cold in 23 municipalities and multiple volcanic eruptions across Japan. Is it a sign from nature that the changes begin ?

China blows up dam on Yangtze river tributary to ease epic flooding

The Guardian
Mon, 20 Jul 2020 04:50 UTC

Authorities in central China have blasted a dam to release surging waters behind it amid widespread flooding that has claimed scores of lives.

The dam on the Chu river in Anhui province - a tributary of the Yangtze river - was destroyed with explosives on Sunday morning, state broadcaster CCTV reported, after which the water level was expected to drop by 70cm (2ft).

The water released is being channelled into two storage ponds on a flood plain that can hold more than 60m cubic metres (2.1bn cubic ft) of water.

Water levels on many rivers have been unusually high this year because of torrential rains. Blasting dams and embankments to discharge water was an extreme response employed during China's worst floods in recent years in 1998, when more than 2,000 people died and almost 3m homes were destroyed.

Comment: Flooding of biblical proportions is happening with an increasing frequency all over the planet, here are just some of the recent reports:

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

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Best of the Web: Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Largest floods in Chinese history wipe out the country's food & grain supply

South Asia floods displace 9.6 million people, kill 550

Over 2,400 villages submerged, death toll mounts to 87 in Assam, India

Niger hit by devastating floods, 9 killed

Severe floods hit Nizhniye Sergi, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Bangladesh floods claim 54 lives, affect 2.4 million people, says UN

Lightning strikes kill 18 in 24 hours in Bihar, India - toll nearly 200 dead over the last several weeks - floods affect 413,952

8 killed in landslides triggered by incessant rains in Nepal - at least 23 dead in 5 days

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Summer snow, 500-year storms & volcanoes - natures alert

China blows up dam on Yangtze river tributary to ease epic flooding

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