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Spillway water is devastating Mississippi Sound ecosystem says coastal authorities

Nicondra Norwood
Fox 8
Tue, 28 May 2019 19:25 UTC
Bonnet Carre Spillway
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Water from the Bonnet Carre Spillway is devastating the Mississippi Sound without benefit to its citizens, Coastal authories said in a meeting Tuesday (May 28).

The leaders came together in Biloxi to learn how the fresh water impacts the sound and brainstorm solutions to protect their coast.

Surveys show high oyster deaths, according to Rick Burris, the deputy director of Marine Fisheries within the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. Burris said there has been a 50 percent mortality rate, "across all reefs."

Dolphins and endangered sea turtles have been harmed as well. Moby Solangi, president and executive director of the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies, said the freshwater from the spillway has damaged the saltwater animals' skin and resulted in numerous deaths.

"You have these animals that we have seen on the beaches with their skin peeling off, sores on their bodies," Solangi said.
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Hundreds of roads under water as historic flooding breaches levees, threatens Midwest US communities

Madeline Holcombe and Joe Sutton
CNN
Fri, 31 May 2019 09:43 UTC
Levee breach in W AR
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Heavy rains in the Midwest are causing levees to breach along the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers, which may eventually put thousands of homes in danger.

The Dardanelle Levee along the Arkansas River breached early Friday near the community of Holla Bend, sending water gushing into farmland that already had been saturated by leaks in the levee a day earlier, video from CNN affiliate KARK shows.

About 75 homes around Holla Bend, just downriver from the city of Dardanelle, have so far been impacted by flooding in a three-mile area, Yell County Emergency Management Director Jeff Gilkey said Friday. Yell County Judge Mark Thone told CNN affiliate KATV that he urged everyone in the area to evacuate immediately.

The rushing water is expected to spread to Smiley Bayou, an area of about 500 people. Because the terrain is hilly, only an unspecified number of people in low-lying areas are expected to evacuate, Gilkey said.
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Accra in Ghana floods following minutes of rain


GhanaWeb
Thu, 30 May 2019 20:16 UTC
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Homes, offices and shops in the busy Accra suburb of Odawna which adjoins Adabraka in the Klottey Korle Constituency were reduced to streams after some minutes of rains Wednesday afternoon.

The community's many link roads and alleys were heavily flooded, rendering the roads impassable. A police rapid response team strategically parked at a safe point in the floods and flashed its emergency vehicle lighting to ward off any hero-seeking driver not to attempt wading through hazard.

Many drivers and commuters in nearby communities were also forced to make long detours or had to park and wait till the floods receded.


Comment: This is the third major flooding event for the city this year, details of the others:

7 bodies recovered from flood waters after downpour in Accra, Ghana

Five dead after flooding in Accra, Ghana

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Record river floods - USA grain prices spike as reality sets in


Adapt 2030
Thu, 30 May 2019 19:38 UTC
The already flooded Arkansas River
The already flooded Arkansas River is expected to crest at a record high of 42.5 feet in Van Burden on Wednesday. The river has already swallowed up hundreds of homes in Sand Spring, Oklahoma, as pictured above Tuesday
All time record floods along the Arkansas River and Mississippi, these records extend back 150 years. Farmers WILL not get the crops in the ground, so they will need to WET PLANT to be able to claim US govt crop insurance. USDA raised non plantable acres from 4 million to 13 million which sent a tidal wave through the futures markets, over 50% of traders reversed their short positions to long, expect huge price shifts in commodities moving forward.


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8 dead as flash floods hit Kampala, Uganda


Floodlist
Thu, 30 May 2019 18:07 UTC
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Uganda Red Cross Society reported on 29 May, 2019 that at least 8 people have died in recent flash flooding in the country.

The fatalities occurred in the areas of Kikajjo, Lubowa and Lufuka in the south of Kampala after heavy rain from 26 May. Uganda Red Cross said that over 500 households were affected in the area, adding:
"The flash floods have had a devastating effect on the lives of people, livestock, businesses, household items and has affected human settlement. Many people have been displaced while others have had to move to neighboring villages for shelter with relatives and close friends. Schools too have been affected and this has an impact on the education of children in the affected areas."
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Mississippi River flood is longest-lasting in over 90 years, since 'Great Flood' of 1927

Doyle Rice
USA Today
Wed, 29 May 2019 08:11 UTC
Flood waters from the Mississippi River
© Kevin E. Schmidt, APIn this Friday, May 3, 2019, aerial file photo, flood waters from the Mississippi River surround Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, Iowa. Officials in Davenport say the city's public works department has spent over $1 million on flood-fighting efforts and that figure will surely rise as more costs are added in preparation for the potential of future flooding.
Flooding in at least 8 states along portions of the Mississippi River - due to relentless, record-breaking spring rainfall - is the longest-lasting since the "Great Flood" of 1927, the National Weather Service said.

The 1927 flood, which Weatherwise magazine called "perhaps the most underrated weather disaster of the century," remains the benchmark flood event for the nation's biggest river.

Anytime a modern flood can be mentioned in the same breath as the Great Flood is newsworthy: During that historic flood, hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes as millions of acres of land and towns went underwater.

At one point in 1927, along the Tennessee border, the Mississippi rose an astonishing 56.5 feet above flood stage, and in Arkansas, the river ballooned to 80 miles wide, according to the book Extreme Weather by Christopher Burt.


Comment: The record-breaking spring rainfall has devastated crop production in the US Midwest. See also:


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Deadly floods in China after torrential rain - 7 dead, 200,000 affected


Floodlist
Tue, 28 May 2019 12:24 UTC
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Heavy rain and floods in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has left 7 dead and 9,000 displaced.

According to Chinese news agency Xinhua, rainstorms have affected 21 counties of seven cities in Guangxi over the last few days, causing floods and landslides. Over 9,000 hectares of crops have been damaged and 185 houses destroyed. A total of 200,000 people have been affected.

China Meteorological Administration (CMA) reported widespread heavy rainfall over southern areas between 27 to 28 May. Tiandeng in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region recorded 242.8mm in 24 hours to 28 May, 2019.


Comment: The South China Morning Post on the 27th of May also reported that one city received 19 inches of rain overnight.

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Lake Erie water levels 30 inches above average


The Buffalo News
Fri, 24 May 2019 10:38 UTC
Lake Erie is 30 inches above its long-term average for the month of May
© Mark Mulville/Buffalo NewsLake Erie is 30 inches above its long-term average for the month of May
Lake Erie is 30 inches above its long-term average for the month of May, said John Griffith, director of emergency services for Chautauqua County.

"Individuals using Lake Erie should be aware of the high water levels and the possibility of limited beach and docking areas in some locations due to the high water," Griffith said. "It is also critical that swimmers be careful as water depths much different than normal and shore undercurrents can be especially dangerous close to the lake cliffs."


Comment: Additional information: A rising Lake Erie closes streets, ferry, leaves debris

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Heavy rain floods Bucharest, Romania


Romania Insider
Fri, 24 May 2019 09:43 UTC
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A heavy summer rain flooded the streets of Romanian capital Bucharest on Friday afternoon causing traffic jams. The subway and the main train station - Gara de Nord were also flooded as well as dozens of houses, according to Adevarul.ro.

In some areas of Bucharest, the rainfall reached record levels. In the Pantelimon area, the rain on Friday was one that occurs once in one hundred years, according to the capital's water and sewage services supplier Apa Nova.

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Climate turns 180 degrees as continental rains & cold increase


Adapt 2030
Mon, 27 May 2019 22:13 UTC
Montreal rain record
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Rain records fall in Montreal, exceptional cold for southern Mexico and Central America along with north and central Africa. Unusual heavy rainfall in northern Africa to boost more grain yields as that part of the planet becomes a new food grow zone. Calls to limit CO2 to zero emissions by 2050, but forgetting natural inputs from nature. Styxx advises shout outs to round the censors to pass information. #grandsolarminimum #climatechange #floods #recordcold


Comment: Global warming is a hoax pushed by corrupt scientists: The 'greatest scam in history' - Greenpeace founder

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