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#Death Toll From #Rain, Flooding In Southern #Brazil Rises To 13
Source: https://www.barrons.com/news/death-toll-from-rain-flooding-in-southern-brazil-rises-to-13-bc96d822
Entire communities in #RioGrande do Sul have been completely cut off as persistent rains have destroyed bridges and blocked roads, and left towns without even telephone or internet services.
#weather #climate #news #disaster #energency
Death Toll From Rain, Flooding In Southern Brazil Rises To 13
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the country's south Thursday, where the death toll from floods caused by torrential rains has risen to 13.Barrons
A powerful storm system produced dozens of devastating tornadoes over three days that tore apart homes in the US states of Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa.
Thankfully, meteorologists are getting better at predicting the influence of #ElNiño on creating tornado conditions, and this continues to help save lives.
https://theconversation.com/midwest-tornadoes-what-a-decaying-el-nino-has-to-do-with-violent-storms-in-the-central-us-228872 #News #Weather
Midwest tornadoes: What a decaying El Niño has to do with violent storms in the central US
A powerful storm system produced dozens of destructive tornadoes over three days that tore apart homes in Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa. A meteorologist explains the conditions that fueled them.The Conversation
Because unlike a lot of gringo fuckbagels, insurance companies do believe in and understand the idea of #ClimateChange.
>Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners After Natural Disasters https://jacobin.com/2024/04/insurance-natural-disasters-louisiana-regulation/
Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners After Natural Disasters
As increasingly severe natural disasters ravage the South, insurance companies are abandoning clients, increasing premiums, and fighting regulation measures — forcing homeowners to fend for themselves in the wake of destruction.jacobin.com
Utility-related fires are wreaking havoc across the United States. Since 2017, fires related to electricity transmission have burned at least 3 million acres.
New today: A closer look at the #Texas Panhandle fire, and why it's a grim preview of our near future. From our friends at Sierra Club magazine ... https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-panhandle-fire-climate-environment/
#wildfire #ClimateChange #environment #news #politics #USpol #weather #fire #drought #energy
The Epic Texas Panhandle Fire Is Just a Preview
Texas officials go to bat for oil and gas while the climate-fueled Smokehouse Creek Fire still rages.Christopher Collins (The Texas Observer)
#Desert city of #Dubai #floods as heaviest #rainfall in 75 years hits #UAE
source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/dubai-floods-uae-rainfall-weather-forecast
#Rain is unusual in the UAE but occurs periodically during the cooler winter months.
#weather #climate #environment #earth #news #disaster
Desert city of Dubai floods as UAE hit by heaviest rainfall in 75 years
City records over 120mm of rain in a day, about as much as it expects in a year as rain floods highways and homesGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
PSA: The weather, “It’s 100% random.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/bay-area-weekend-rain-19394537.php
Another rainy Bay Area weekend? Data shows how 2024 compares to past
Downpours drenched the San Francisco, Santa Rosa and San Jose in many of the past 14 weekends.Jack Lee (San Francisco Chronicle)
I continue to have a thing about pylons. Not sure why I like them so much, but I do...so there you go. But, you know what? I bet I'm not alone. I think a few of us like the flippin' things.
Pylons. Am I right?
#photography #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome #pylons #landscape #rural #clouds #weather
