“Italian authorities have closed roads and ordered the evacuation of huts on the Italian side of Mont Blanc, following warnings that part of a glacier could collapse at any moment.
“A staggering 250,000 cubic meters (8.8 million cubic feet) of ice could break away from the Planpincieux glacier on the Grandes Jorasses mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, experts at the Valle d’Aosta regional government and the Fondazione Montagna Sicura (Safe Mountain Foundation) reported in an analysis published this week.”
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/mont-blanc-glacier-collapse-intl-scli/index.html
“Thunderstorms swept western Greece on Tuesday causing flooding, power outages and claiming the lives of two people struck by lightning.
“The storms battered the islands of Ithaca and Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea and western Peloponnese, causing mudslides in some areas.”
“Spain’s Costa Blanca is facing a devastating plague of mosquitoes following the country’s worst flooding in a century.
“Muddy lagoons left over from floodwaters are the perfect breeding ground for mozzies, and experts say their eggs could start hatching this weekend.”
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/costa-blanca-mosquito-plague-swarms-20170427
“Britain is battling widespread flooding today after thunderstorms dumped a month’s worth of rain on London yesterday – and there’s no end in sight to the wet weather.
“The Environment Agency has issued 35 alerts and warnings over the torrential downpour and Brits are being urged to stay vigilant with heavy rain expected for the rest of the week.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7501405/Britons-warned-potentially-deadly-floods-today.html
“Tropical Storm Karen drenched south-central Puerto Rico, causing a river to wash away a bridge and cutting off at least 15 families, the National Weather Service said late Tuesday.
“Even as Karen moves away from the US territory, it’ll bring heavy rainfall, strong thunderstorms and flooding threats through Wednesday, forecasters said.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/25/weather/tropical-storm-karen-wednesday-wxc/
“Miami has a long history of responding to extreme weather. In 1992, the city faced 145 mph winds from Hurricane Andrew, which caused $27.3 billion in damages.
“Two years ago, it dealt with 3.9 feet of storm surge from Hurricane Irma. But Miami’s mayor, Francis X. Suarez, says the city has no means to protect itself from the kind of “super hurricanes” threatening the region.”
https://qz.com/1715571/miamis-mayor-says-the-city-isnt-ready-for-a-storm-like-dorian/
“A new record 24 hour rainfall amount has been set for the state of Michigan.
“On July 20, 12.92 inches of rain was reported just east of Fountain in Mason County.
“This value was recently certified by a committee of scientific experts as the new state record.”
“Thousands of people in northern California woke up on Tuesday without electricity after the utility company Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to try to prevent wildfires amid windy, dry and hot conditions.
“PG&E cut electrical service to 24,000 customers in three counties in the Sierra Nevada foothills on Monday evening, saying power would remain off until weather conditions improve.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/24/california-utility-power-cut-prevent-wildfires
“Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has launched a cantankerous and conspiratorial defense of his environmental record, blaming Emmanuel Macron and the “deceitful” media for hyping this year’s fires in the Amazon…
“About 17% of the Amazon has been destroyed over the last 50 years with some scientists fearing the rainforest could reach an irreversible tipping point if that rises to 20% or 25%.”
“More than 224,000 fires have ravaged the Amazon basin this year and 12 million hectares of forest have been destroyed. In Bolivia, more than 2 million hectares of woodland and savanna have been reduced to ashes in the past two months.
“The country has deployed more than 5,000 people to fight the flames, including firefighters, troops and volunteers.”
“This week [in Maui] is starting off just like the last, with record days of heat, the National Weather Service reported.”
https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2019/09/2-more-record-days-of-heat-on-island/
“…while the first snowfalls fall on the Urals mountain range, a completely different situation is taking place more to the east, where an exceptional heat wave is taking place.
“Thus, while the city of Yekaterinburg saw snow and a maximum temperature of only + 3 ° C, the city of Krasnoyarsk, located in southern Siberia north of Mongolia, was hit by a historic wave of heat…”
https://www.meteogiornale.it/notizia/61264-1-meteo-siberia-temperature-30-gradi-caldo-storico
“Bats have been migrating earlier than usual this year due to inland drought and a lack of food in Queensland’s south-east, with red flying foxes covering Mount Isa’s sky as they relocate to their seasonal home in the town’s cemetery…
“It follows several reports of unusual bat sightings and mass die-offs across eastern Australia.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-25/bats-cover-sky-black-as-drought-raises-numbers/11542494
“Wildfires that have been raging in Indonesia may hurt economic growth if the problem persists, Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor Dody Budi Waluyo said.
““The impact of forest and land fires that cause smoke disruption, if prolonged, will certainly have an impact on economic and business activities,” Waluyo said via text message on Wednesday, without quantifying the effect.”
“Hyderabad [India] has received a record amount of rain this month – the most in over 100 years – according to KT Rama Rao,
“Telangana’s Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development… Heavy rain over Monday and Tuesday night left several areas of the city flooded.”
“Torrential rains battered Hyderabad and brought the city to a standstill, with the city witnessing over 120 mm of rainfall in some areas….
“A hospital in Lallaguda was inundated, the road between Lothkunta and Yapral caved in, trees fell and several low lying areas in the city were affected.”
“More than two million residents of Zimbabwe‘s capital and surrounding towns have been left without water after officials closed the city’s main treatment plant.
“The move has raised new fears about water-borne diseases after a recent cholera outbreak.”
“Climate change is devastating our seas and frozen regions as never before, a major new United Nations report warns.
“According to a UN panel of scientists, waters are rising, the ice is melting, and species are moving habitat due to human activities. And the loss of permanently frozen lands threatens to unleash even more carbon, hastening the decline.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49817804
“…scientists are seeing ocean temperatures rise dangerously again. Earlier this month, scientists announced a heat wave ramping up in the Pacific. It’s the second-largest heat wave recorded in the Pacific Ocean.
“Many of the ocean’s corals are still recovering from the damage they suffered under the 2014-17 heat wave, so the current one could be even more dangerous.”
https://earther.gizmodo.com/hot-oceans-are-raising-the-risk-of-coral-bleaching-arou-1838404091
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