Heavy rain lashed parts of Australia’s most populous state on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders to thousands of people. Police in Sydney said they recovered the bodies of two people from waters after their car was found in a stormwater canal in the city’s western suburbs. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology warned of life-threatening […]
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Heavy rains, floods kill nine in Iran


At least nine people were killed in floods that hit almost entire Iran, local media reported and also reported by Anadolu News Agency. Ismail Najjar, head of the National Disaster Management Organisation, said that the recent heavy rains and floods killed at least nine people in Fars, Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces, according to ISNA news […]
24,000 evacuated, two dead in Indonesian floods


About 24,000 people have been evacuated and two children killed in floods on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, authorities said Tuesday. Torrential rains lashed the island for several days, causing rivers to burst their banks and water levels to rise in residential areas, the national disaster agency said. The environmental NGO Walhi said the flooding […]
Wall Street Dealmaking Tops $5.8 Trillion In Record Year As Fed Floods World With Money


Ask any junior banker, and they will likely tell you that staffing levels are criminally low considering the intensity of deal flow over the past year. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that 2021 was – just like last 2020 – a bumper year for deals, from SPACs to M&A. According to data from […]
2021: a year when floods and fires made climate change a burning issue for the world


In 2021 it was impossible not to see or hear the slogans of activists and politicians as the devastating effects of climate change became real across the world including Europe. Between flooding in several nations and massive wildfires in Greece, Turkey and parts of the US, it all started to look apocalyptic. The alarm bells […]
Why Canada’s Floods Could Make Your Christmas Tree Cost More


OTTAWA—Finding the perfect real Christmas tree will be harder and more expensive this year. Canada, the world’s top exporter of natural Christmas trees, is grappling with a shortage that will likely be exacerbated by historic flooding in British Columbia, where some tree farms are underwater. A phenomenon known as an atmospheric river dumped a month’s […]
German election: How Germany’s deadly floods made climate change a key election issue


Sarah Branse had to act fast when the floodwaters began to rise in her neighbourhood of the Ahr Valley, in Rhineland-Palatinate, on July 14. An intensive care nurse at the Marienhaus Hospital in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Branse knew better than most what needed to be done. Branse, 37, immediately launched a private aid network, encouraging donations […]
FULL (OF IT) Benjamin bla bla blah Fulford – 9-20-21… “Biblical floods or world peace; which is it to be?”


FULL ARTICLE Benjamin Fulford 9-20-21… “Biblical floods or world peace; which is it to be?”Posted on September 23, 2021 by kauilapele2 Here’s the full weekly report from Ben. There is quite a bit of perhaps helpful intel here, although some of it is more than I care to “pay attention” to. “The eruption last week […]
Over 80% of Culprits Responsible For Looting After German Floods Were Foreign Migrants


A group of Afghan migrants viciously gang raped a mentally handicapped Swedish woman on repeated occasions but cannot be deported back to Afghanistan due to the current political situation in the country. FriaTider reports that the 24-year-old victim lived in a special accommodation facility in Upplands Väsby for people who cannot take care of themselves. […]
‘We mourn with you’: Germany marks devastating floods that killed 180


More than a month after extreme flooding killed more than 180 people in western Germany, survivors of the disaster, first responders, religious leaders and government officials came together Saturday to remember the victims who died and to express hope for the future. Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble, the leader […]
At Least 40 Killed in Severe Northern Turkey Floods


ISTANBUL—The death toll from severe floods and mudslides in coastal Turkey has climbed to at least 40, the country’s emergency and disaster agency said Saturday. Torrential rains that pounded the Black Sea provinces of Bartin, Kastamonu, and Sinop on Wednesday caused flooding that demolished homes, severed at least five bridges, swept away cars, and rendered […]
Floods Hit Rohingya Refugee Camps In Southern Bangladesh, Forcing Thousands To Flee


DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Days of heavy rainfall have pelted Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, destroying dwellings and sending thousands of people to live with extended family or in communal shelters. Just in the 24 hours to Wednesday alone, more than 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) of rain fell on the camps in Cox’s Bazar […]
We Cannot Go on Like This: Merkel Says on Tackling Climate Crisis After Floods


Destroyed houses are seen in Schuld, Germany, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Less than three months before leaving office, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has openly conceded that the industrial world has failed to adequately fight climate change and that more rapid, pain-inducing steps were urgently needed. Media reports said: Merkel, who has led Europe’s largest economy and […]
Floods devastate historic German winemaker


As Western Europe recovers from last week’s deadly floods, a historic German wine cooperative has described the impact on its business as “devastating”. The Mayschoss-Altenahr wine cooperative, near the river Ahr south of Bonn, was founded more than 150 years ago and is believed to be the oldest such organisation in the world. But it […]
Dinant hit by new floods yesterday evening after thunderstorms and heavy rain


The city of Namur was heavily impacted by new floods, especially the Bouvignes area. Torrents of water rolled down the streets around 7:30 PM (5:30 GMT PM), to the point that the asphalt rose in places. There are also gas leaks and fuel oil spilled into to the streets. Shortly before 1100 PM, the mayor […]
Residents Say German Towns Got Little Warning Before Huge Floods


AHRWEILER, Germany (AP) — Like other residents of his town in Germany, Wolfgang Huste knew a flood was coming. What nobody told him, he says, was how bad it would be. The 66-year-old antiquarian bookseller from Ahrweiler said the first serious warning to evacuate or move to higher floors of buildings close to the Ahr […]
As US broils and Europe floods, media dismiss EU climate plan as ‘ambitious’


Image Credit: Reuters When detailing catastrophic weather events, prominent corporate news outlets show less reluctance than in the past (FAIR.org, 9/22/20, 4/22/21) to prominently pointing out that these events are caused by human-driven climate change. But when humans seek to take aggressive action against this aggressive reality, reporters frame those goals as lofty and unlikely […]
NASA says ‘Moon Wobble’ will cause great Floods in the Years to Come


While our focus may be on disasters happening on Earth, Nasa has spotted a problem in the sky that could affect us down here. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has highlighted moon wobbles as a potential problem in the near future. But what is a moon wobble? Here’s everything you need to […]
Germany-Belgium floods: ‘Billions’ needed for rebuilding as death toll tops 180 and Merkel to visit area


German military aids flood rescue efforts as death toll rises The death toll across Germany and Belgium topped 180 on Sunday after rescue workers dug deeper into debris left by receding waters. Some 155 people have been confirmed dead in Germany while 27 have died in Belgium. Germany’s finance minister Olaf Scholz has said that […]
‘FLOODS CAUSED BY THE MILITARY’


‘More than 1,000 people are missing in flood-stricken regions of western Germany and Belgium, where waters were still rising with the death toll already well over 100 and communications in some areas cut.’ [embedded content]… Lynmouth Flood Disaster: RAF rainmaking In the UK – The Lynmouth Flood Disaster: Royal Air Force rainmaking experiment blamed for […]
Death toll rises to more than 180 as Germany, Belgium clean up after floods


As waters subside after devastating floods in Germany and Belgium, a huge clean-up is underway. Over 180 people have died and that figure could rise with many still missing. Germany has borne the brunt of the extreme weather, with at least 155 people killed in Rhineland-Palatinate state and neighbouring North Rhine-Westphalia. Belgium has confirmed 27 […]
Race to rescue survivors as death toll from Germany-Belgium floods reaches 170


Rescue workers are racing to find the hundreds of people still missing in floods that have caused devastation in western Germany and Belgium, as the death toll from the disaster reached 170. Some 143 people have died in Germany after burst rivers and flash floods earlier this week caused homes to collapse and ripped up roads […]
German president says fighting climate change key to preventing floods


Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said that fighting climate change is the only way of preventing natural disasters like the floods that devastated Europe this week. Steinmeier said he had spoken to regional leaders in the areas of Germany most badly affected by the flooding, and that they had described “harrowing” conditions on the ground. Across […]
Europe floods: Death toll passes 100 in Germany and Belgium as climate crisis blamed


More than 100 people have died in the floods that have devastated Germany and Belgium, while authorities desperately try to trace over 1,000 missing people in one German district alone. In Germany alone, more than 90 people have died in what is the country’s worst mass loss of life in years. That number was feared […]
Death Toll Over 110, Dozens Missing After Devastating Floods In Europe


BERLIN (AP) — At least 110 people have died in devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium, officials said Friday, as rescue operations and the search for hundreds still unaccounted for continued. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was “stunned” by the devastation caused by the flooding and pledged support to the families […]
USA’s HAARP is SINKING Europe Under NEVER BEFORE SEEN FLOODS and Nobody is Talking About it


The evil empire strikes again. Biden barely just begun his reign and he is already stricking at the white man which he so much hates that he would rather see go extinct so Europe is now almost literally sinking in water. Biblical propportion floods yet nobody in the media, not even in the […]
North Korea says Facing ‘Tense’ Food Situation Following Floods


North Korea has been a food insecure nation for much of the past 30 years, with the end of Soviet fuel subsidies in 1991 wreaking havoc on its mechanised agriculture. This, compounded with a period of droughts and floods, caused major food shortages in the 1990s, which turned into famines that killed between […]