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In a social media post, the city's emergency management bureau wrote that two more workers had been confirmed dead, adding to the five that had been declared dead in a statement from earlier that same day. The latter statement had also said all the deceased were municipal employees who had been cleaning and surveying drainage systems during the torrential downpour Thursday that led to the flash flood.
Rescue operations to locate the four workers still missing are currently underway, according to authorities.
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The re-establishment of species diversity following an extinction event is consistently slower than evolutionary theory predicts.
The re-establishment of species diversity following an extinction event is consistently slower than evolutionary theory predicts.
Yet, the paleontological record suggests that this doesn't happen at anywhere near the expected pace. Now, research published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution argues that understanding something called "morphospace" might help us find the cause.
Extinction events happen with alarming regularity: there's the "big five", but a host of slightly smaller, yet still devastating extinctions have peppered the planet's history.
Scientists now worry that we might be in the middle of one of our own making, so this makes it all the more important to understand how the natural world bounces back from such catastrophes.
Perhaps the most well-known of the earth's mass extinctions is the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event. This took place 66 million years ago when an asteroid smacked into the earth next to what is now the Yucatán Peninsula, creating the nearly 200-kilometre-wide depression known as the Chicxulub crater. This impact drove the extinction of all the non-avian dinosaurs, and much else besides.
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Fifty-four people were injured in the storm due to collapse of trees and houses that struck Pakistanon Tuesday. Many houses were also damaged due to the storms in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.province, the PDMA spokesman said. On February 22, at least 10 people were killed across the province and dozens injured in rain and snow-related incidents.
Speaking on Morning Starr, the Greater Accra Regional Director of NADMO, Archibald Cobbinah said the incident involves a woman and her child, two men and one other who was electrocuted.
The police have conveyed the bodies to the morgue.
Parts of Accra got flooded, especially the Kwame Nkrumah Circle and its environs leaving most roads unusable.
Mr. Cobbinah told Morning Starr host Francis Abban on Monday there is a need for drastic change in the habit of citizens who litter indiscriminately.
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Sitia, Crete on Saturday, April 6.
Sitia, Crete on Saturday, April 6.
The Fire Service reported that from 05 to 07 April they rescued 14 people from flood water in Sitia and 5 in Ierapetra, both in the regional unit of Lasithi, Crete. The Fire Service also evacuated over 20 people to safer locations. The service said it had received a significant number of calls for assistance to pump flooded houses. A house in Lasithi was completely destroyed by the rain and flooding.
Flash flooding also damaged crops and roads. Landslides triggered by the rain also caused some damage. No fatalities or injuries have been reported however.
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The fourth snow survey of the water year recorded 106.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 51 inches, which is 200 percent of average for this location, 90 miles east of Sacramento in El Dorado County.
The fourth snow survey of the water year recorded 106.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 51 inches, which is 200 percent of average for this location, 90 miles east of Sacramento in El Dorado County.
April records also could fall .
'A California Water Supply Dream': Record Snowpack Measured In Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe Region.
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Children in Zimbabwe carry drinking water over debris created by Cyclone Idai, March 22, 2019.
Children in Zimbabwe carry drinking water over debris created by Cyclone Idai, March 22, 2019.
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At least 45 people have died in the past two weeks after heavy rains, with flooding affecting at least 23 of the country's 31 provinces.
The orders come as Foreign Minister Javad Zarif accused US sanctions of impeding aid efforts to affected areas.
"This isn't just economic warfare; it's economic terrorism," Mr Zarif tweeted.
US sanctions imposed after President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal last year have caused a shortage of rescue helicopters.
The Iranian authorities have requested military help, including helicopters and amphibious armoured personnel carriers, for the rescue efforts.
Comment: Deadly flash floods strike again in Afghanistan and Iran - now over 80 dead since mid-March
Update: Accuweather on 4th April reports:
Dozens of people are dead and more than a third of the country's roads have been damaged from the rounds of flooding rain that have struck Iran since the middle of March.UPDATE April 5th: In a show of solidarity with the Iranian people, the EU has announced an initial allocation of 1.2 million euros in financial assistance, while the US (as usual) hampers humanitarian efforts to ameliorate the suffering. Fort Russ reports:
The death toll climbed to 62 at midweek, according to AFP.
Lives have been lost in 11 of Iran's 31 provinces, including 21 deaths in the southern province of Fars.
Heavy rain began slamming the country on March 19, with the deadliest day for flooding following on March 25. April started with more torrential rain targeting the region.
In addition to the deaths, the government has reported that 36 percent of the country's entire network of roads has been damaged.
Eighty-four bridges and nearly 2,200 rural roads have been washed away, Behnam Saeedi, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Organisation, told state TV, the AFP stated.
"Across 15 provinces, 141 rivers burst their banks and around 400 landslides were reported," Saeedi said.
While drier weather graced the region for recovery and storm cleanup late this week, flooding downpours may return to the hard-hit areas Friday night into Saturday.
"There can be an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 75 mm (3 inches) in and along the southwestern slopes of Iran's Zagros Mountains," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dave Houk. "With the ground saturated, new flooding and landslides can easily be triggered."
Prior to the downpours affecting Iran, Houk is concerned for thunderstorms to erupt from central Saudi Arabia (near Riyadh) to southern Iraq on Friday afternoon. These thunderstorms produce winds strong enough to cause damage, as well as kick up dust storms ahead of any rain.
Early estimates put the losses from the flooding in the agriculture sector at 47 trillion rials (1.1 billion USD), according to Radio Farda.
Aside from the impact to communities, ancient relics have also been damaged throughout Iran from the recent flooding.
Some of these cultural sites, including Chogha Zanbil, date back to pre-500 B.C.
The European Commission announced the provision of initial financial assistance to Iran to overcome the effects of the largest floods in the country in recent decades. Brussels allocates 1.2 million euros, according to the Iranian news agency Tasnim on April 5.
Emergency funding will be directed to the most vulnerable communities in Iran, the EU executive said.
The EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christ Stylianidis, said that "at present, the EU is fully in solidarity with the Iranian people and will help provide substantial support in the affected areas."
Assistance will be distributed with the assistance of humanitarian organizations, including the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
While rescue teams are involved in flood-hit areas, US sanctions have blocked all Iran's Red Crescent accounts and banned Tehran from receiving foreign assistance, including rescue helicopters, Tasnim notes.
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Comment: For more information check out SOTT's latest monthly summary: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - March 2019: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs
To understand how and why these extreme weather events are occurring read Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk.