Oroville Dam Spillway Overflow Compilation Chronology February 12, 2017

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A quick run-down of recent events related to the record amount of water pouring into lake Oroville, and what it means for the Oroville dam. Bill Husa https://twitter.com/billhusa1 Peter Gleick quote https://twitter.com/PeterGleick/status/829869009898123264 Rachel Maddow event coverage (11 Feb 2017) http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/oroville-dam-in-crisis-raises-alarm-in-california-874905667526 CDEC Oroville Data Water Elevation http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF?s=ORO&d=11-Feb-2017+17:08&span=12hours California DWR drone footage Auxiliary Spillway at Lake Oroville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bephol1Ormg Stefan Rahmstorf quote 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnzSHsi4pus…

Extreme Vietnam Floods Footage Compilation 2016 (Oct 14, 2016)

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Vietnam floods: deaths reported, tens of thousands of homes destroyed. Authorities mobilise army and police to rescue trapped residents in central Vietnam following torrential rain. Officials warned the region could be hammered again if typhoon Sarika in the South China Sea reaches Vietnam. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/16/vietnam-floods-deaths-reported-tens-of-thousands-of-homes-destroyed A low pressure system made landfall in the central province of…

Katrina-like floods in North Carolina #Aerial Footage (Oct 10, 2016)

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President Obama declared a federal emergency in North Carolina, where Hurricane Matthew has killed over a dozens of people. Rescuers are still pulling people on board to safety, but flooding have left thousands stranded without living areas. Hurricane Matthew Floodwaters Slowly Recede https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=3476 Music by Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic/featured Teaser image via FEMA

NASA Takes You Inside The Science Of Hurricane Matthew

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We’re talking about the science behind Hurricane Matthew using NASA satellite observations from space. NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement Mission or GPM core satellite saw tremendous amounts of rainfall throughout Haiti. GPM has now captured Matthew near the Florida coast undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle, a process that may re-intensify the storm. NASA scientists Dr. Owen…

Hurricane Matthew Hispaniola U.S. Landfall Growing Threat

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October 3, 2016: Colossal amounts of rain are soaking Haiti and the Dominican Republic as Category 4 Hurricane Matthew heads for an encounter with the western end of Hispaniola. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ As of the National Hurricane Center’s update at 8:00 pm EDT Monday, Matthew was located about 200 miles south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, moving just east…

Louisiana’s 2016 billion-dollar flood disaster

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Transcript On August 10, 2016, it started raining in southern parts of the U.S. state of Louisiana, and didn’t stop for seven days. And resulted in catastrophic flooding that submerged thousands of houses and businesses. Many rivers and waterways, particularly the Amite and Comite rivers, reached record levels, and rainfall exceeded 20 inches (51 centimeters)…

5.6 Oklahoma earthquake and flooding in the U.S.

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Climate related news in 3D. USGS: M5.6 – 15km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006jxs#executive Flooding of Coast, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/science/flooding-of-coast-caused-by-global-warming-has-already-begun.html Support more productions, donate with Paypal to: donate@climatestate.com

Extreme floods in Germany devastate another town, Extreme Fluten in Deutschland Juni 2016 #Simbach

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02.06.2016 – Den Ort Triftern in Niederbayern und die umliegenden Dörfer hat die aktuelle Flut mit zerstörerischer wucht getroffen. Forscher begründen die zunahme von extrem Niederschlag mit dem Klimawandel. Simbach in Bayern aus der Luft / Lage observation. In NRW droht ein Deich zu bersten. Translation in English.   Related The Louvre Will Close Temporarily…

Another deluge hits frontpage news, this time in Germany

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The SPIEGEL is currently covering what is called a Natural Disaster, official eyewitnesses from the natural disaster response describe the flash flood event as unprecedented. Here is some footage, via SPIEGEL, and context in German. Read more coverage from SPIEGEL, of the flood in Germany: Braunsbach nach dem Unwetter: “Chaos, einfach Chaos” Unprecedented, the new norm…