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Tue, 2012-08-28 11:30 — mdmcdonald
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El Niño Strengthens Amid Warning Millions Could Face Hunger and Disease

Wed, 2015-12-30 20:18 — Kathy Gilbeaux

             

Sea surface temperatures in October -- orange-red colors are above normal.

cnn.com - by Brandon Miller and Nick Thompson - December 30, 2015

If you're wondering why your white Christmas didn't arrive as scheduled this year, meteorologists have a two-word answer: El Niño.

This year's El Niño weather event -- characterized by warming waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean -- is already one of the three strongest ever recorded. NASA says El Niño conditions are still strengthening, and it could even rival the intensity of the record 1997 event that wreaked worldwide weather havoc.

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Global
United States
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Climate
Disease
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Food
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Problem
Situation Report

Multiple Fatalities Reported as Tornadoes, Severe Storms Slam South, Midwest

Thu, 2015-12-24 08:59 — Kathy Gilbeaux

             

weather.com - December 24, 2015

Tornadoes and severe storms slammed parts of the South and Midwest Wednesday leaving at least 6 dead—including a 7-year-old boy in Mississippi—and injuring at least 40 others.

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(ALSO SEE RELATED ARTICLES IN THE LINKS BELOW)

CLICK HERE - Mississippi Emergency Management Agency - Updates - Shelters - Damages

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/large-tornado-moves-across-mississippi/

http://abcnews.go.com/US/tornadoes-storms-hit-south-midwest-leveling-homes-causing/story?id=35933244

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/23/us/severe-weather/

 

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United States
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Extreme Weather
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem
Situation Report

U.N. Study: Natural Disasters Caused 600,000 Deaths Over 20 Years

Tue, 2015-11-24 10:03 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CLICK HERE - STUDY - The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters

Extreme weather caused nearly $2 trillion in economic losses

time.com - by Melissa Chan - November 23, 2015

Natural disasters have killed more than 600,000 people and left behind trillions of dollars in damages in the last two decades, the United Nations said Monday.

Hundreds of floods, storms, heat waves and droughts have left about 606,000 people dead and 4.1 billion injured or homeless around the world since 1995, according to a U.N. report.

The extreme weather-related calamities also caused nearly $2 trillion in economic losses.

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United States
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Climate
Extreme Weather
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Tropical Weather - U.S. East Coast Flood - Joaquin - Information Resources

Mon, 2015-10-26 09:53 — Kathy Gilbeaux

AN EXPANDING LIST OF NEWS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES ON U.S. EAST COAST FLOOD EVENT -
- HURRICANE JOAQUIN (CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW)

CLICK HERE - DisasterAssistance.gov - Early Registration is Open for the State of South Carolina for Flood Damage

CLICK HERE - FEMA - Inside FEMA’s South Carolina Flooding Response

CLICK HERE - Salvation Army - Shelters - Feeding & Hydration - Disaster Services

CLICK HERE - List of Shelters - South Carolina - American Red Cross

CLICK HERE - List of Shelters - American Red Cross

CLICK HERE - List of Shelters - South Carolina

CLICK HERE - Shelters - South Carolina

CLICK HERE - American Red Cross of the Palmetto South Carolina Region

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US - East
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Emergency Management
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New Orleans Area's Upgraded Levees Not Enough for Next 'Katrina,' Engineers Say

Tue, 2015-08-18 21:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

The Lake Borgne Surge Barrier, which rises 26 feet above sea level, is designed to be overtopped by storm surges created by a hurricane with a 1 percent chance of occurring in any year, the so-called 100-year storm, hits the area. The overtopping water will be stored in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Industrial Canal in New Orleans. Larger storms will cause even more water to overtop the wall.

nola.com - by Mark Schleifstein - August 18, 2015

The rebuilt New Orleans area hurricane levee system remains inadequate to protect the heart of the nation's 45th largest metropolitan area from another Hurricane Katrina or larger storm, nationally-known engineers and scientists said almost a decade after the 2005 storm.

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US - Gulf Coast
US - South
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Disaster Risk Reduction
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Infrastructure
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Texas Facing Major Climate Change Impacts, Study Finds

Fri, 2015-08-07 20:27 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

The Brazos River in Knox County during the summer of 2011.  Photo by Earl Nottingham/Texas Parks & Wildlife

CLICK HERE - Come Heat and High Water: Climate Risk in the Southeastern U.S. - Executive Summary

CLICK HERE - Come Heat and High Water: Climate Risk in the Southeastern U.S. (114 page .PDF report)

texastribune.org - by Kiah Collier - July 28, 2015

Texas probably will see a sharp increase in heat-related deaths and coastal storm-related losses in the coming decades if nothing is done to mitigate a changing climate, according to a new study commissioned by a bipartisan group of prominent policymakers and company executives aiming to spawn concern – and action – in the business community over the much-debated warming trend.

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US - SouthEast
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Climate
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Crews in California Fight to Contain 21 Wildfires

Tue, 2015-08-04 21:21 — Maeryn Obley

Video: National Guard drops water on the wildfire in Lake County, California over the weekend. Video by Storyful Editor

nytimes.com - August 3rd, 2015 - Christine Hauser

National Guard forces dropped water along the edges of a raging wildfire over the weekend as more than 2,000 firefighters in Northern California tried to contain a blaze that has already scorched 60,000 acres.

The wildfire, nicknamed the Rocky Fire, started on Wednesday. It is the largest in the drought-parched state, where more than 9,000 firefighters are struggling to contain it and 20 other active wildfires, some caused by lightning strikes, according to a statewide summary published on Sunday.

The Rocky Fire has now spread to three counties — Colusa, Lake and Yolo — and prompted the mandatory evacuation of about 12,000 people.

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United States
US - West
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Disaster Response
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New Study Links Global Warming to Hurricane Sandy and Other Extreme Weather Events

Wed, 2015-06-24 09:37 — Kathy Gilbeaux

            

Escalators to the South Ferry Whitehall St. subway station in the financial district of Manhattan are shown flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. A new study finds that without human-caused global warming, the New York subways might not have been flooded. Photograph: HANDOUT/Reuters

The paper finds that global warming is putting extreme weather on steroids

CLICK HERE - STUDY - Attribution of climate extreme events

theguardian.com - by John Abraham - June 22, 2015

One of the hottest areas of climate research these days is on the potential connections between human emissions, global warming, and extreme weather. Will global warming make extreme weather more common or less common? More severe or less severe? 

New research, just published today in Nature Climate Change helps to answer that question by approaching the problem in a novel way.

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Philippines
United States
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Climate
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Texas - Catastrophic and Historic Flooding

Mon, 2015-06-15 18:30 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                            Wimberley, Texas                                                    San Marcos, Texas

       

                          Austin, Texas                                                                Houston, Texas

       

AN EXPANDING LIST OF FLOOD-RELATED INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE RESOURCES (CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW)

CLICK HERE -President Declares Disaster for Texas

CLICK HERE - Federal Aid Programs for State of Texas Declaration

CLICK HERE - Texas Department of Public Safety - Emergency Management - Situation Reports

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US - South
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Emergency Management
Extreme Weather
Flood
Housing / Shelter
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Situation Report

'Possibly Catastrophic': Texas Braces for Even More Flooding

Mon, 2015-06-15 18:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

People canoe through floodwaters in Houston on Saturday, May 30.  Torrential rains have given Texas the wettest month on record, according to Texas A&M climatologists.  In all, 37.3 trillion gallons of water have fallen over the state in May, the National Weather Service said.

cnn.com - by Kevin Conlon - June 14, 2015

(CNN) For portions of rain-battered Texas, the warnings issued by the National Weather Service on Sunday must have seemed like a cruel joke: a tropical storm that is potentially forming in the Gulf of Mexico is headed straight for them.

"Through Wednesday, widespread rainfall totals could easily average 6 to 8 inches with some amounts exceeding 10 inches," read the ominous forecast issued by the weather service office in Houston. "This will obviously lead to a dangerous flood situation."

Local officials sounded even more alarmed, calling the event "possibly catastrophic."

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US - South
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Emergency Management
Extreme Weather
Flood
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Situation Report

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