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Snow Blanketing South America Kills 250,000 Alpacas, at Least 5 People Dead

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Natureworldnews.com -8/29/13, James A. Foley

 

A man clears snow on La Cumbre, some 30 km (18.6 miles) near La Paz, August 28, 2013. Unusually heavy snowfall has been reported on the highlands in Bolivia, according to local media

Approximately 250,000 alpacas have died as a result of the worst snowfall Peru has seen in a decade, and the unexpectedly intense blast of winter weather has claimed livestock and human life in other parts of South America as well.

A cold weather front from the Antarctic began to spread across South America earlier this week, with some regions devastated by the snowfall, and others reveling in it. Heavy snow fell upon a large swath of South America, from Peru and Bolivia in the northwest to Paraguay and Brazil in the southeast.

China Floods: Death Toll Rises to 43 as Landslides Snarl Travel

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Theweatherchannel, By: Associated Press, 08/19/2013

BEIJING -- A government news agency says the death toll in flooding in China's northeast and southeast has risen to 43 and landslides blocked a major train line. The Xinhua News Agency said 12 deaths were reported Sunday in Liaoning province. That added to a total of 25 deaths reported earlier in Heilongjiang and Jilin, the other two provinces in China's northeast.

 

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Russia’s Far East hit by the worst floods in 120 years

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By: Theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com, 08/19/2013

August 19, 2013 – RUSSIA – Up to 100,000 people may be evacuated from flood-hit regions in Russia’s Far East. Water levels at local reservoirs have already reached historic highs, and officials say the floods raging in the area are expected to continue rising even further. Floods are currently affecting over 32,500 locals living in over 5,000 homes. Over 17,000 residents have already left the area over the disaster. Viktor Ishayev, Russia’s Minister for the Far East, said that “in the worst-case scenario up to 100,000 people could be evacuated” from the Amur, Khabarovsk and Jewish Autonomous Regions.

 

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Heat Wave Death Toll Rises in U.K.

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Weather.com, By: Liz Burlingame, 07/19/2013

A heat wave in England is being blamed for hundreds of premature deaths, and a wildfire warning has been issued as the mercury continues to rise. Research conducted for The Times by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimated the death toll for the first nine days of the heat wave as between 540 and 760 people in England alone.

 

"The excess is likely to have been overwhelmingly among the elderly, especially over 75, some of which may have been among people who would have died just a few weeks later if there had been no heat wave," Ben Armstrong, an epidemiological statistician, told Reuters.

 

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Signs Of Change The Past Week Or So July 2013 Part 1

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HawkkeyDavisChannel, 7/7/13

Published on Jul 6, 2013

If you didn't think anything was going on, well guess again! Hail storms, floods, earthquakes, huge tsunami like waves and more has taking place the past week or so. Feel free to download and share. Thanks for watching here, and stay safe.

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Marshall Islands calls for regional climate leadership

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Weatherzone.com- 6/28/13, ABC

Tony de Brum, assistant minister to the Marshalls president, has told Radio Australia's he is nearly 70 years old and does not remember a season like the current one."The elders tell us that there have been droughts like this before, but I don't think anybody has ever seen it where it's it's so wet," he said.

"The problem here has been with the flooding from the swells that have come in from the south.So we have a situation with extremely dry drought up north, and extremely wet floods down south. Very weird weather."

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Epic Rains Hit Iguazu Falls in Brazil

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The Epoch Times, 6/28/13, Associated Press

FOZ DO IGUAZU, Brazil—The majestic Iguazu Falls that straddle the border of Brazil and Argentina have been hit hard by rains that are keeping visitors from seeing the falls up close and leading officials to take measures to prevent flooding.

The amount of water flowing at one of South America’s biggest tourist destinations is now about 13 million liters (roughly 3,434,000 gallons) per second. That’s up from the roughly 1.5 million liters (roughly 396,000 gallons) per second two weeks ago, according to park administrators on the Brazilian side.

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Signs Of Change The Past Week Or So June 2013 Part 3

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HawkkeyDavisChannel, 6/27/13

Published on Jun 26, 2013

The disasters are getting more incredible with each day lately. Floods, tornadoes, record snow, sinkholes and more has taking place the past week or so. For more of this series click the playlist below or subscribe to this channel for future uploads. Thanks for watching here and stay safe!

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