A Mega Drought Is Threatening To Drive Up Olive Oil Prices. Extreme Rains Swamp Detroit. An extreme deluge nearly unprecedented in Detroit history brought the Motor City to a virtual standstill during the evening rush hour on Monday, with 4.57" of rain falling at the official measurement site at Detroit Metro Airport.
Siberia Is Already Experiencing Mid-Summer Temperatures And Major Wildfires. By Joanna M.
Foster on April 6, 2014 at 11:06 am. Press Las Vegas to conserve water. LAS VEGAS — Deep beneath Lake Mead, a 23-foot-tall tunnel-boring machine grinds through stubborn bedrock in a billion-dollar effort to make sure water continues flowing to this thirsty resort city.
For six years, the Southern Nevada Water Authority has been building an intake straw below the reservoir's two existing pipes. Due for completion in fall 2015, critics say it may not provide a long-term solution. An ongoing drought and the Colorado River's stunted flow have shrunk Lake Mead to its lowest level in generations. The reservoir, which supplies 90% of Las Vegas' water, is ebbing as though a plug had been pulled from a bathtub drain. By mid-April, Lake Mead's water level measured just 48 feet above the system's topmost intake straw. Future droughts and a warming climate change could spell trouble for the city's 2 million residents — and its 40 million annual visitors. No Drought Relief in Sight For Desiccated West. For anyone living east of the Mississippi River, where major tornado outbreaks, torrential rainfall and flooding have been the headlines of the past week, it’s hard to imagine that 40 percent of the U.S. is experiencing some level of abnormally dry conditions, many of them extreme.
Though the overall spread of dry conditions across the U.S. has diminished slightly over recent weeks, and about 15 percent over the past year, the drought hotspots in the West remain desiccated. Credit: U.S. Pour les fermiers de Californie, « la sécheresse est artificielle » Bill Diedrich devant une terre laissée en jachère faute d'irrigation.
Si vous passez par la vallée de San Joaquin, les agriculteurs vous le diront. Cette sécheresse est « artificielle ». Certes, il n'a pratiquement pas plu de l'année. Certes, c'est la troisième année de disette. America’s Largest Reservoir Drains to Record Low As Western Drought Deepens. Lake Mead—America’s largest reservoir, Las Vegas’ main water source and an important indicator for water supplies in the Southwest—will fall this week to its lowest level since 1937 when the manmade lake was first being filled, according to forecasts from the federal Bureau of Reclamation.
The record-setting low water mark—a surface elevation of 1,081.8 feet above sea level—will not trigger any restrictions for the seven states in the Colorado River Basin. America’s largest reservoir is hitting new record lows every day. The drought that’s afflicting much of the American West has hoovered out a record-breaking amount of water from the reservoir that’s held in place by the Hoover Dam.
Water levels in Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, have fallen to a point not seen since the reservoir was created during the 1930s to store water from the Colorado River. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the surface of the reservoir dipped below 1,082 feet above sea level last week: Des photos avant/après révèlent l'alarmante sécheresse qui frappe la Californie. L’ouest des États-Unis est en train de subir une sécheresse historique.
Des images capturées en 2011 et en 2014, rendent comptent de l’évolution de la situation préoccupante. Selon les scientifiques, près de 239.000 milliards de litres d’eau se seraient évaporés. It’s dry and getting drier in West Texas. Editor’s note: We’re publishing a series from The Story Group that shows Americans on the front lines of climate change.
The drought is destroying California’s organic dairy farms. This year’s wildfires could incinerate the nation’s fire budget. The upcoming wildfire season could cost $400 million more to fight than the Forest Service and Interior Department have in their available budgets, according to a report those agencies released Thursday.
The forecast estimates that the Forest Service and Interior will need to spend a combined total of about $1.8 billion fighting wildfires this year (though the actual amount could be significantly higher or lower), while only $1.4 billion is available for that activity. Meet the firefighters on the front lines of wildfire-ravaged America. Editor’s note: Over the next week, we’re publishing videos from The Story Group that show Americans on the front lines of climate change.
The series puts faces to the warnings in the latest National Climate Assessment. Elk Creek Fire Chief Bill McLaughlin has firsthand experience of the spread of wildfires throughout the western United States. This is how much America spends putting out wildfires. The Central California wildfire that Monday destroyed three homes and forced hundreds of evacuations is just the latest blaze to strain the nation’s overburdened federal firefighting system.
By Monday evening, the Shirley Fire had consumed 2,600 acres near Sequoia National Forest and cost over $4 million, as more than 1,000 firefighters scrambled to contain it (it’s now 75 percent contained). Meanwhile, families on an Arizona Navajo reservation are being evacuated today in the face of an 11,000-acre blaze that as of Tuesday morning was 0 percent contained. This year, in the midst of severe drought across the West, top wildfire managers in Washington knew they were going to break the bank, even before the fire season had really begun. In early May, officials at the U.S. Wildfires worse due to global warming, studies say. The devastating wildfires scorching Southern California offer a glimpse of a warmer and more fiery future, according to scientists and federal and international reports.
As San Diego Burns Republicans Refuse to Acknowledge Climate Change. Even in the face of overwhelming evidence, Republicans continue to live in their own, made-up world. Case in point: The current wildfire situation in San Diego, California. Firefighters in the region are currently battling record-high heat in an attempt to quell fires that have consumed nearly 10,000 acres since Tuesday morning. In total, nine separate fires have engulfed the area causing the displacement of thousands of San Diego County residents as well as closing schools, colleges, and attractions in the region. Afghanistan: Un glissement de terrain pourrait avoir fait 2.500 morts. Au moins 350 personnes ont péri vendredi dans le nord-est de l'Afghanistan à la suite de glissements de terrain provoqués par des pluies torrentielles, les autorités craignant un bilan encore plus élevé en raison des milliers de personnes disparues ou ensevelies.
«Les premières informations que nous avons recueillies à partir des témoignages des habitants montrent que 2.500 personnes, dont des femmes et des enfants, pourraient avoir péri», a déclaré Shah Waliullah Adeeb, le gouverneur du Badakhshan. Des glissements de terrain ont recouvert des zones habitées. Catastrophe en Afghanistan : 300 morts, un village transformé en cimetière. Le Monde.fr avec AFP et Reuters | • Mis à jour le Quelque trois cents personnes ont péri dans les glissements de terrain qui ont transformé un village du nord-est de l'Afghanistan en vaste « cimetière », ont annoncé samedi 3 mars les autorités locales en signalant la fin des opérations visant à retrouver d'éventuels survivants. « Nous avons une liste de 300 morts confirmés », a déclaré à des journalistes Shah Waliullah Adeeb, le gouverneur du Badakhshan, où s'est produite la catastrophe, alors que la mission de l'ONU en Afghanistan (Unama) avait fait état vendredi soir d'au moins 350 morts.
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Hurricane Amanda Just Set an Ominous New Record. Hurricane Cristina just set a scary record. May 2014 third warmest May on record. May 2014 was the third warmest May since global temperature satellite measurements began 35 years ago, scientists have revealed. We just had the hottest May on record (until next May)