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Archives: Extreme Weather
Much of U.S.’s Puerto Rico “Destroyed” by 138 mi/hr Storm, Pleads with Trump for Aid
By TeleSUR | - - Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to declare the island a “disaster” area. Hurricane Maria tore across Puerto Rico as the strongest…
Those 90 Companies that Caused Climate Crisis? They Should Pay for It
By Sarah van Gelder | Yes! Magazine | - - The companies responsible for the climate crisis should cover the costs of fighting wildfires and recovering from hurricanes. Pacific Northwest forests are…
The Pentagon’s Next War: Extreme Hurricanes & other Climate attacks on US Borders
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Deployed to the Houston area to assist in Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, U.S. military forces hadn’t even completed their assignments when they…
AT&T and Verizon Need to Hang Up On Fossil Fuels
By Todd Larsen | Otherwords.org | - - One text at a time, America's largest telecommunications companies are fueling climate change. Smartphones are a huge part of our lives. We use them…
Antarctica Ice Melt will trigger Abrupt Global Heating
By Chris Turney, Jonathan Palmer, Peter Kershaw, Steven Phipps, and Zoë Thomas | (The Conversation) | - - Melting of Antarctica’s ice can trigger rapid warming on the other side of the…
Our CO2 intensified Harvey & Irma; Worse is yet to Come
By Andrew King | (The Conversation) | - - There has been no let up since Hurricane Harvey dumped record-breaking rains on the Houston area of Texas. Hurricane Irma lashed parts of…
On 9/11: How we slighted the real Threat, Climate Change, and Hyped Terrorism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US is commemorating the victims of September 11 today at the same time it is mourning the serial devastation that struck Texas…
Rush Limbaugh flees Irma after calling Hurricane & Climate Change Fake News
New York Daily News | (Video News Clip) | - - Rush Limbaugh lambasted stories about Irma as deadly Category 5 hurricane as "fake news" intended to bolster a "climate change agenda"…
People w/ Electric Cars aren’t trapped in Miami Beach with no Gasoline
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Some people in South Florida are finding it difficult to flee Irma because they cannot fill their tanks up with gasoline. Many gas…
Burnt out by Climate Change: Our Hurricane Compassion Fatigue
By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | - - Harvey’s destructive force on Texas and Louisiana has generated many compelling pictures and disturbing stories. Irma’s violent impact has already started in…
Sint Maarten: Live footage of Hurricane Irma destroying the Maho Beach WebCam
PTZtv | Webcam video | - - "Live footage of Hurricane Irma destroying the MahoBeachCam.com camera located at AAA Rent-A-Car in St Maarten. We will rebuild!" Live footage as Hurricane Irma destroys…
Weathering the Violence of Climate Change
By Gulrez Shah Azhar | (Project Syndicate) | - - SANTA MONICA – With India experiencing its worst drought in 140 years, Indian farmers have taken to the streets. At a protest…
Texas Wind turbines went right on Turning under Harvey’s impact, as Refineries Shut Down
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Extreme weather is in our future. Caribbean hurricanes of the future will be more and more violent and destructive because of manmade global…
Trump’s offer to Harvey Victims (Cartoon)
Paul Jamiol | ( Jamiol's World) | - - Via Jamiol's World
Epic Mumbai Flooding: 21 million People told to stay Home
India Today | (Video News Report) | - - "The water levels at many places receded in Mumbai, but the situation remains far from normal. The water levels are dipping across the…
The worst flooding disaster in Recorded US history?
The Watchers | - - Category 4 Hurricane "Harvey" made landfall around 03:00 UTC on Saturday, August 26, at Rockport, Texas with winds of 215 km/h (130 mph). It then stalled over…
Top 5 ways Man-made Climate Change made Hurricane Harvey much Worse
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The images from Houston and its environs are heart-breaking and we at IC wish all those affected a speedy and safe return to…
Why no Eclipse Denialists? The Same Science predicts Global Heating
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Eminent physicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson's tweet pointing out that there are no eclipse denialists the way there are dedicated climate change denialists went…