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Entire California Town Destroyed; Tens of Thousands Flee in Los Angeles, Ventura Counties

Fri, 2018-11-09 08:43 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Entire Town Destroyed by Wildfire, People Literally Ran from Flames In Paradise, CA, thousands of structures are destroyed and an entire town is devastated after a the Camp Fire exploded in size on Thursday.

weather.com - by Pam Wright - November 9, 2018

Fast-moving wildfires prompted tens of thousands of evacuations in both Northern and Southern California, including 75,000 in and around Los Angeles, sending residents fleeing for their lives on short notice.

The largest inferno, sparked Thursday morning in Northern California, prompted numerous evacuations, including several entire towns. The Butte County Sheriff's Office told the Associated Press that a mandatory evacuation order was issued for the entire town of Paradise, which is home to about 27,000 people and is north of Sacramento.

"Pretty much the community of Paradise is destroyed, it's that kind of devastation," said Cal Fire Capt. Scott McLean late Thursday. "The wind that was predicted came and just wiped it out."

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Tropical Weather - Florence - News and Information Resources

Mon, 2018-10-01 00:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

AN EXPANDING LIST OF NEWS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES RELATED TO TROPICAL WEATHER - FLORENCE . . .

CLICK HERE - FEMA - North Carolina Hurricane Florence (DR-4393)

CLICK HERE - FEMA - South Carolina Hurricane Florence (DR-4394)

CLICK HERE - Road Conditions - North Carolina Department of Transportation

CLICK HERE - Road Conditions - South Carolina Department of Transportation

CLICK HERE - North Carolina Flood Inundation Mapping and Alert Network

CLICK HERE - South Carolina braces for possible record flooding from Florence - September 24, 2018

CLICK HERE - Flooding: Dam breach at Duke plant; coal ash could spill - September 22, 2018

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Here's Where the Greatest Hurricane Threat Is in October

Sun, 2018-09-30 08:54 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

These are the typical areas for development and tracks of Atlantic Basin tropical cyclones in October.

weather.com - by Linda Lam and Brian Donegan - September 27, 2018

At a Glance

Florida is the state most likely to see a landfalling hurricane in October.

Since 1950, 15 hurricanes have made a U.S. landfall in October, eight of which occurred in Florida.

In South Florida, October is the month with the most hurricane direct hits.

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'Weather models have flipped the switch': Hurricane season coming to life in the Atlantic

Thu, 2018-08-30 09:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

As hurricane activity starts to ramp up, Meteorologist Bobby Deskins is tracking a wave in the Windward Islands that's expected to bring heavy rain to the Southeast early next week. USA TODAY

usatoday.com - by Doyle Rice - August 29, 2018

The sleeping giant may be about to awaken.

Hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico is forecast to ramp up over the next couple of weeks. "Weather models have flipped the switch on the Atlantic hurricane season and see multiple areas of development possible, starting mainly this weekend," weather.us meteorologist Ryan Maue said.

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Hurricane Lane - News and Information Resources

Thu, 2018-08-23 09:23 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           AN EXPANDING LIST OF NEWS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES RELATED TO HURRICANE LANE . . .

CLICK HERE - One Year After Harvey's Record Rain, Hurricane Lane Sets Preliminary Hawaii Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Record

CLICK HERE - NWS - Central Pacific Hurricane Center - Lane Products

CLICK HERE - The Weather Channel - Hurricane Central - Hurricane Lane

CLICK HERE - USGS - Current Conditions for Hawaii: Precipitation

CLICK HERE - Here Are the Shelters Open in Hawaii As It Prepares for Hurricane Lane

CLICK HERE - Oahu - List of Evacuation Shelters (1 page .PDF file)

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More Than 100 Large Wildfires in US as Six New Blazes Erupt

Mon, 2018-08-13 08:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

A helicopter drops water to a brush fire at the Holy Fire in Lake Elsinore, California, on Saturday. Photograph: Ringo Chiu/AFP/Getty Images

The fires have scorched states from Washington to New Mexico, with California among the hardest hit

theguardian.com - August 12, 2018

Six large new wildfires erupted in the United States, pushing the number of major active blazes nationwide to over 100, with more expected to break out sparked by lightning strikes on bone-dry terrain, authorities said on Saturday.

More than 30,000 personnel, including firefighters from across the United States and nearly 140 from Australia and New Zealand, were battling the blazes that have consumed more than 1.6m acres (648,000 hectares), according to the National Interagency Coordination Center . . .

 . . . The fires have scorched states from Washington to New Mexico, with California among the hardest hit.

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Exiled in Florida: the Puerto Ricans Struggling to Build a New Life Off Island

Sat, 2018-08-11 22:56 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Congressman Darren Soto and staff reach out to Puerto Rican evacuees in a lobby in a Florida Super 8 motel in Kissimmee, Florida, earlier this month. Photograph: Staff/Reuters

For the more than 300,000 people who fled after Hurricane Maria the Sunshine State proved to be no Disney World but they are poised to have an electoral impact in the midterms

theguardian.com - by Richard Luscombe - August 9, 2018

 . . . As of the end of June, more than 600 Puerto Rican families were still living in cramped, single-room accommodation in Florida hotels, two-thirds of them in central Florida’s Orange and Osceola counties and relying on the temporary shelter assistance program paid for by the federal emergency management agency (Fema).

And with the Orlando/Kissimmee/Sanford area third in the US for its dearth of affordable housing options, low-cost rentals are especially hard to come by, forcing even more to remain in $60-a-night hotel rooms in rundown areas, especially along the US 192 highway in Kissimmee . . . 

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Cal Fire - California Fire Map - 2018 Statewide Incidents Map

Sun, 2018-07-29 09:07 — Kathy Gilbeaux
Cal Fire - California Fire Map - 2018 Statewide Incidents Map
Major incidents in California in which CAL FIRE is either the lead agency or assisting.
 
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California - Wildfires - News and Information Resources

Sun, 2018-07-29 08:44 — Kathy Gilbeaux

AN EXPANDING LIST OF NEWS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES RELATED TO WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA . . . 

CLICK HERE - Cal Fire - California Fire Map - 2018 Statewide Incidents Map

CLICK HERE - Cal Fire - Incident Information - Current Fire Information

CLICK HERE - City of Redding, CA - Carr Fire Activity Map

CLICK HERE - Shasta County Sheriff’s Office - Carr Fire Information

CLICK HERE - ‘Get out with your life’: California’s Carr fire kills 3 more, in addition to 2 firefighters

CLICK HERE - Redding fire claims three more lives as blaze continues to burn out of control

 

 

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Extreme Weather Events Intensify Economic And Social Risks

Wed, 2018-06-27 09:10 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Carrie La Jeunesse

           

Corporate sustainability teams could play an important role in building resilience to environmental risks.

bloomberg.com - June 4, 2018

According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2018, three of the top five threats in terms of likelihood are environmental: extreme weather, natural disasters and the failure of climate change mitigation . . . 

. . . The reason for the seismic potential of these environmental risks isn't just the risks themselves, but also their knock-on effects. In a global economy, every corporate executive has to consider the potential for cascading risks to threaten the systems that underpin our economy and society.

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