Chinese dictator Xi Jinping delivered comments on Tuesday again offering no leadership on the historic floods threatening at least 27 provinces in the country, instead pressuring Chinese businesses to rapidly make up for losses caused by the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
Chinese officials ordered more evacuations on Monday and Tuesday as heavy rains continued to flood tributaries of the Yangtze River, dangerously elevating the water level and raising new concerns about the safety of the region’s many dams, including the massive Three Gorges hydroelectric plant.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping demanded Communist Party leaders “brave challenges” on Sunday in the face of nationwide floods affecting 27 provinces, urging “more effective flood control measures” but not appearing to specify or offer any help personally to his underlings.
The Government has come up with a brilliant new excuse to duck its responsibilities for all the floods: climate change ate our homework.
Beto O’Rourke said at the Democrat debate on Wednesday that the feds should subsidize cities and pay farmers to fight climate change.
MSNBC host and Democrat presidential debate moderator Rachel Maddow pressed Washington Gov. Jay Inslee about his putting climate change as his top priority if he is elected president.
Massive floods in Iran have killed at least two dozen people and injured hundreds more, local officials have confirmed, an event that the country’s energy minister blamed on climate change.
Yesterday I gave you one reason to hate the BBC: its outrageous treatment of Tommy Robinson. Here’s another: its relentless lies about climate change.
DEAD SEA, Jordan — Flash floods unleashed by heavy rains swept away middle school students and teachers visiting hot springs near the Dead Sea on Thursday, killing 18 and injuring 35 as the torrent carried some for several kilometers, a civil defense official said.
Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) near Big Sur reopened in July, 15 months after the last El Niño’s torrential rainfall caused a giant mudslide — and just in time for a new expected El Niño rain.
The Japanese government confirmed Monday that at least 126 people have died and approximately 90 are missing from the heavy rains, floods, and mudslides that have swept the island nation.
Dam safety experts are warning that a three-day storm set to hit Northern California beginning on Thursday could risk an overflow event at the partially rebuilt Oroville Dam spillway.
Israel has delivered emergency supplies to Sri Lankan authorities as they struggle to cope with the impact of floods and mudslides that have killed nearly 200 people and displaced more than 80,000 from their homes in recent days.
The spray from the damaged spillway of the Oroville Dam was visible from several nautical miles away as water poured out of the lake on Monday and into the Feather River below.
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo failed to protect his city’s residents from anti-Donald Trump riots last June. Now he has failed to protect them from flooding.
Continued rains in Northern California this week forced the evacuation of 14,000 residents in San Jose, one of California’s largest cities and the urban hub of Silicon Valley.
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – Over the last two months, the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) has taken on unparalleled controversies and crises following the divisive Alton Sterling case.
Despite historic flooding across the southeast region of Louisiana, relief volunteers and organizations still say that donations have not matched the needs of those affected.
HAMMOND, Louisiana – A Louisiana resident’s response to President Obama’s nondiscrimination memo to flood victims in the region, where he lectured to victims on the issue of racism, is now going viral.
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – The State of Louisiana is not even two weeks out of a flooding crisis that killed 13 people and destroyed 60,000 homes and officials are already eyeing a potential tropical storm that could double the damage done.
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – Flood victims in Louisiana wasted no time picking up the pieces after what is being called the Great Flood of 2016.
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – Louisiana flood victims and volunteers rejoiced in a rare display of joy amidst their flood-ravaged homes as GOP nominee Donald Trump greeted them during his visit to the state.
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — In a heartfelt moment during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, GOP nominee Donald Trump spoke directly to Louisiana flood victims, offering his prayers to the thousands devastated by the natural disaster.
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — The mainstream media in Louisiana is finally calling out President Obama for vacationing at Martha’s Vineyard while the state experiences unprecedented flooding and cleanup.
ASSOCIATED PRESS — Authorities went door to door and car to car to check for bodies Tuesday, and homeowners began the heartbreaking task of gathering up soaked family photos and mucking out houses dank with bayou mud, as the floodwaters started to recede across parts of southern Louisiana.
Britain is currently in the midst of a heatwave with temperatures as high as 34 degrees C (that’s 94 degrees in old money – fahrenheit).
Texas is caught in extreme weather, especially the Houston and surrounding areas. Folks all over the Lone Star State are tweeting and posting their photos and stories.
Flooding, tornadoes, and severe damaging winds have hit the central and southeast portions of the Lone Star state. Two are dead and others are missing after being caught up in rushing flood waters. Tornadoes have touched down in three central Texas cities causing damage. Flash flood watch and flood advisory warnings have been issued for east central and eastern regions.
Nikki Haley, the governor of South Carolina, has described the floods which have inundated her state as a “thousand year” event.
Flash flooding in Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs has damaged homes and business as well as quite a few cars on Monday. In some cases, cars were simply swept away by the rushing waters.
A major thunderstorm around San Diego over the weekend made Sunday the wettest July day on record since data started being collected in 1850. Lindbergh Field was drenched with 1.03 inches of rain.
