An epic rainstorm sent mud and debris coursing through Montecito neighborhoods and left rescue crews to scramble through clogged roadways and downed trees to search for victims. The deluge that washed over Santa Barbara County early Tuesday was devastating for a community that was ravaged by the Thomas fire only a few weeks earlier. In…
Footage of Bomb Cyclone Grayson during January 4th ,2018 from New Jersey and Boston. Climate scientist Jim Hansen on winter superstorms https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/3761/2016/acp-16-3761-2016.pdf VideoZeke Orzech https://twitter.com/Zeke_ONWS Boston https://twitter.com/NWSBoston/status/948950967424356359MBTA Transit Police https://twitter.com/MBTATransitPD/status/949006234618925056Brian J. Ward https://twitter.com/ClimateStateDE/status/949089045837213696Virginia Pitcher https://twitter.com/kelkelly/status/949071051740377088CBSWUSA9Jeff Frame https://twitter.com/VORTEXJeff/status/948949110345928704NASA SpoRT https://twitter.com/NASA_SPoRTNWS Caribou https://twitter.com/NWSCaribou/status/949075415469101056 MusicPiotr Wojtowicz aka ThePianoMan007 https://soundcloud.com/thepianoman007/here-and-now and https://www.youtube.com/user/fucer007
Footage of Bombcyclone Grayson during the early morning hours, from New Jersey. Climate scientist Jim Hansen on winter superstorms https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/3761/2016/acp-16-3761-2016.pdf VideoZeke Orzech https://twitter.com/Zeke_OCBSWUSA9Eric Holthaus https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/948805308763254784 MusicPiotr Wojtowicz aka ThePianoMan007 https://soundcloud.com/thepianoman007/here-and-now and https://www.youtube.com/user/fucer007
Richard Damania, Lead Economist of Water Global Practice, The World Bank speaks at keynote event October 2017. What are the effects of droughts and floods on firms, farms and families? They are more significant and numerous than previously known. New data reveals how increasingly erratic rainfall, poorly managed water supplies, and deepening water deficits can…
At least 15 people are dead and a dozen injured after overnight downpours caused sudden and catastrophic flooding in cities outside Athens, according to Reuters. In western cities like Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara, citizens lost homes, cars and businesses. Forecasters expect more rain tonight. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/16/564576504/deadly-floods-devastate-western-greek-cities Part of the footage via Understanding Climate Change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTSzYz54q9g…
Climate scientist Kerry Emanuel describes physics behind expected increase in storm strength due to climate change. http://news.mit.edu/2017/kerry-emanuel-hurricanes-are-taste-future-0921 Video via Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences MIT https://www.youtube.com/user/EAPSweb/videos Speaker: Kerry A. Emanuel, Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science, Co-Director of the Lorenz Center Natural disasters are the result of the interaction of a natural phenomenon…
Maria brought extreme rainfall amounts to large portions of Puerto Rico that caused record or near-record flash flooding. Numerous stations in Puerto Rico recorded rainfall amounts in excess of ten inches. Rainfall amounts in excess of 47 inches in 24 hours were recorded at three stations on the southwest side of El Yunque, the high…
Hurricane Irma footage from South Florida, especially Miami, the Keys, Tampa, from September 10 and 11, 2017. Features Coverage by CNN http://CNN.com Live Irma stormchaser Reed Timmer https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu Baby Dolphin Rescued Off Marco Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlYdWnXClAs Jeff Goodell: In Florida, No One is Thinking about the Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk-d_m3IccY
Twin megastorms have scientists fearing this may be the new normal Destructive force of Irma and Harvey has Trump expressing awe, but those in power should focus on the environmental causes https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/06/twin-megastorms-irma-harvey-scientists-fear-new-normal Mar-a-Lago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida estate to be submerged by rising sea levels due to climate change http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-climate-change-mar-a-lago-florida-flooded-sea-level-rise-global-warming-winter-white-a7677596.html Florida plans to abandon…