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Power outage-causing storms are on the rise. That’s already impacting food insecurity
Power outage-causing storms are on the rise. That’s already impacting food insecurity Major power outages have increased tenfold since 1980 Straw bales and storm (Getty Images/BalazsKovacs) As rounds of severe weather — complete with thunderstorms, hail and flooding — continue to pummel Dallas and surrounding Texas counties, many of the over 650,000 people who were left without power are […]
Million Texans Without Power As Storm Topples Transmission Towers
Million Texans Without Power As Storm Topples Transmission Towers Powerful storms tore through eastern Texas on Thursday evening, decimating transmission towers and plunging over a million residents into darkness. “Severe thunderstorms moving across the Houston metro area have a history of producing damaging winds! This destructive storm will contain wind gusts to 80 MPH! A […]
The World’s Largest Floating Solar Farm Wrecked by a Storm Just Before Launch
The World’s Largest Floating Solar Farm Wrecked by a Storm Just Before Launch h/t Dr. Willie Soon; Who could have predicted acres of fragile floating structures would be vulnerable to bad weather? Madhya Pradesh: Summer Storm Damages World’s Largest Floating Solar Plant at Omkareshwar Dam (Watch Video) Indore: A summer storm on Tuesday damaged a […]
Hurricanes to Deliver a Bigger Punch to Coasts
Hurricanes to Deliver a Bigger Punch to Coasts When tropical cyclone Idai made landfall near Beira, Mozambique on March 14, a spokesperson for the UN World Meteorological Organization called it possibly the the worst weather-related disaster to hit the southern hemisphere. This massive and horrifying storm caused catastrophic flooding and widespread destruction of buildings and roads in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and […]
Forget El Nino, StormFest is about to Hit the West Coast
Forget El Nino, StormFest is about to Hit the West Coast Things often calm down after January 1 during El Nino years….but not this year…with the U.S. West Coast from central California to Washington State about to be pummeled by a series of storms. Rain, snow, wind? Plenty for everyone. A view of the latest […]
California’s Next Calamity: Storms Compounded By High Tides
California’s Next Calamity: Storms Compounded By High Tides The wildfires that have taken their toll on California could be just the beginning of the state’s calamities. Now, the high tides of winter are coming and if those tides are worsened by an incoming storm, they could devastate entire cities on the coasts. On December 10, […]
Minority Communities Suffer from Storms as GOP and Trump Admin Promote Oil and Gas
Minority Communities Suffer from Storms as GOP and Trump Admin Promote Oil and Gas While victims in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico are still reeling from the devastation of three hurricanes worsened by a warming climate, the Trump administration and GOP senators in the Gulf continued to push fossil fuel extraction. On October 18, two senators […]
Scientists Warn ‘Godzilla’s Coming!’ – Millions Potentially Endangered By Coming Monster!
Scientists Warn ‘Godzilla’s Coming!’ – Millions Potentially Endangered By Coming Monster! Prepare! Deadly Rains Targeting Coast Loom! “Storms will reign,” LA Times reported on October 15 after the National Weather Service issued a warning that El Niño is getting stronger, raising odds of more deadly heavy rains and mudslides. (http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-el-nino-forecast-20151015-story.html) Hours later Thursday, flash floods in […]
