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New South Wales authorities currently have 12 emergency-level alerts in place across the region and in the Hunter, with parts of Taree, Wingham and Glenthorne the areas of most concern.
NSW State Emergency Services personnel have responded to 887 incidents in the 24 hours to Wednesday, including at least 118 flood rescues.
The Manning River on the Mid North Coast is also flooding at a level never seen before at Taree, surpassing the 1929 record level of six metres and is still rising.
via @maddow.msnbc.com
"Some National Weather Service offices, including Jackson, no longer have overnight staff from midnight to 7AM.
All three #Kentucky offices - Jackson, Paducah and Louisville - are short-staffed.
There is no meteorologist in charge at any of the three offices..."
https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article306679051.html#storylink=cpy
Perfect time for cuts to #FEMA and #NOAA, eh?
Storm-stricken central US braces for more volatile weather ahead
#Tornadoes and #flooding will be among the hazards that threaten more than a dozen states as a new outbreak of #SevereWeather looms early in the week.
By Renee Duff, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
Published May 18, 2025 6:53 AM EDT | Updated May 19, 2025 11:27 AM EDT
In #Wisconsin, a visibly striking #tornado spun through fields in New Richmond, while another caused significant damage in Hammond. In the capital of Madison, a hailstorm dropped #hail up to 2” in diameter.
The #NWS has issued #tornado & severe #storm warnings throughout the region, & cautioned that much of #Kentucky & parts of #Tennessee are also under a moderate risk for #flooding.
A rotten decision by the #ScottishGovernment Reporter, buckling to developers who wouldn't take no for an answer- they were turned down twice by the #local #planning authority on #environmental grounds (particularly regarding #flooding) and it's widely opposed locally. A theme park isn't exactly essential national infrastructure
#FlamingoLand
#Balloch
#LochLomond
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wd8jznxq9o
Where local forecast offices no longer monitor #weather around-the-clock. For at least 1/2 a century, the National Weather Service has been an around-the-clock operation. That is no longer the case in parts of the country (CA) as the employees were fired and offices closed. There was a tornado in Dundalk MD 6pm tonight, and no alerts went out for surrounding areas where there were 65 mph winds and micro bursts, on top of a week of #flooding. https://archive.ph/c6sIy #climatecrisis + No #FEMA
#TasNetworks not equipped to handle 2024 #storm event & #outages, review finds.
In August last year, #Tasmania was hit by a #severe #weathersystem that lasted for five days.
It pummelled the state with heavy rain, #flooding & damaging winds that caused #extensivedamage to the #electricity #distributionnetwork.
All in all, 47,000 customers were left without power in the middle of winter, some for a week or more. #auspol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/tasnetworks-2024-storm-outage-report-reaction/105295022
Has anyone noticed that the president pays no mind to disasters and suffering in his own nation, but is only making deals that benefit big business and...himself?
Virginia boy swept away as heavy rains and flooding hit several states
https://apnews.com/article/flooding-maryland-virginia-west-virginia-2c88061b1988da61836314ec76283875
Serious flash flooding in Virgina. Lots of WEA messages about evacuations.
#Flooding in eastern #Congo kills 62 people with 50 missing
https://apnews.com/article/eastern-congo-flooding-tanganyika-2920667256de00bcfe5a6dfbe4414bf1
Heavy flooding following torrential rains in eastern Congo has washed away several villages along the shores of Lake Tanganyika in eastern Congo, leaving at least 62 dead and 50 missing.
The new head of FEMA warned staff in a meeting Friday not to try to impede upcoming changes, saying that “I will run right over you” while also suggesting policy changes that would push more responsibilities to the states.
"April storms that killed 24 in US made more severe by burning fossil fuels – study
Study finds human-caused climate change made four-day rainfall across central Mississippi valley 40% more likely"
#climatecrisis #fossilfuels #death #storms #flooding
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/08/storms-mississippi-valley-climate-change-study
Trump Shuts Down 25 USGS Centers That Monitor Drought and Flooding Throughout the Country https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-usgs-cancellations.html
'Unheard-of' Storm Brings Months of Rain to 2 States
Story by Anna Skinner, May 5, 2025
"An 'unheard-of' storm has flooded parts of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas after dumping 14 inches of rain in some cities over seven days.
"Two cities in #Oklahoma and one in #Texas broke their April rainfall records after receiving months' worth of rain during the unusually wet spring storms.
"The record levels come after more than a week of rain brought a deluge to parts of Oklahoma and Texas. Although the heavy precipitation helped remedy drought across the region, it also sparked severe impacts, including rising river waters that have now been flooding for more than a week.
"Weather warnings of dangerous #floodwaters remain in place across the region, with some not expiring until 'further notice.' The floodwaters have endangered livestock, closed roads, and inundated #farmland."
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
1244 PM PDT Sun May 4 2025
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of southern California, including the following
counties, Riverside and San Bernardino.
* WHEN...Until 445 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Ponding of water is occurring or is imminent.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1244 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Up to 1 inch of rain has
fallen.
- This includes the following streams and drainages...
Seco, Arroyo.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Desert Center, Chiriaco Summit and Eagle Mtn.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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While I think a lot of observers make too much of the supposed ideological differences between the "populist" white nationalist faction, and the pro-billionaire techno-fascist contingent in the Trump regime, it's hard not to notice that some of the DOGE recommendations and other funding cuts look like class warfare made literal, with expected casualties. In a move that makes precisely zero sense from a perspective of protecting Americans living through the early stages of climate catastrophe, the Trump regime has ordered the closure of twenty-five science centers that monitor water levels to combat flooding and drought.
Trump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the US
"The Trump administration has ordered the closure of 25 scientific centers that monitor US waters for flooding and drought, and manage supply levels to ensure communities around the country don’t run out of water.
The United States Geological Service (USGS) water science centers’ employees and equipment track levels and quality in ground and surface water with thousands of gauges. The data it produces plays a critical role across the economy to protect human life, protect property, maintain water supplies and help clean up chemical or oil spills.
The targeted centers are part of a larger network, and the Trump administration based its decision to make cuts on leases near expiration, not scientific reasoning, said Kyla Bennett, director of science policy with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility non-profit that is tracking the issue."
I think I do a pretty good job of distinguishing the things I know, from the things I suspect, here on this blog; so perhaps what I'm about to say here is speculative, but please note that my observations are absolutely informed by people like Elon Musk openly articulating his belief that we're in a racialized war for the future of humanity, which is going to happen on Mars apparently. That noted, it's hard for me not to notice that an absolutely huge portion of the regime's slash and burn agenda is clearly a targeted type of quite literal class warfare; they're actively burning down anything that keeps poor and labor class people alive, while funneling money directly to billionaire tech-fascists, increasing military funding, and rapidly expanding a fascist police state. The result of these policies on a long enough timeline will quite obviously be the deaths of more labor class people, and a further entrenchment of power for the ruling class reactionaries; and suggesting that might be intentional would sound like a conspiracy theory if the billionaire nazis surrounding and populating the Trump regime, guys like Musk, Peter Thiel, JD Vance and so forth, didn't keep saying the quiet part out loud.
Finally, while I'm not sure this is newsworthy, I couldn't willingly write up this story without marveling at what I'm sure one of the wildest things quoted from The Guardian in the paper's long history:
“It’s not being done with any thought about human life, it was just ‘this seems so woke so let’s get rid of it,’” Bennett said. “People think water is free and comes out of your tap whenever you want, but it’s not that simple.”
Yeah, water is "woke" is a thing now apparently; may whatever gods you believe in have mercy on our souls.
Weather tracker: State of emergency as high winds and floods hit New Zealand https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/02/weather-tracker-state-of-emergency-as-high-winds-and-floods-hit-new-zealand #Extremeweather #Europeweather #Climatecrisis #NewZealand #Flooding #Europe
@malmorrow …and if you go to #Vanderbijlpark for a coffee or burger at #StonehavenOnVaal, you can see more water coming down the #river…
