Monster sandstorm swallows Iran's capital Tehran, 4 killed
RT,
2
June, 2014
Record
winds have created a massive sandstorm which hit Tehran on Monday,
plunging the Iranian capital into darkness, damaging buildings, and
killing at least four people.
The
disaster struck at 5:10 p.m. local time, knocking out power supplies
and sending residents to rush for cover. The wind, reported at 110
kilometers per hour, snapped trees and sweeped debris across streets.
The
fatalities were caused by fallen trees, ISNA said. At least 27 others
were injured, 10 of them in a road accident when the gloom suddenly
descended, according to Amin Sabernia, Iran's chief emergency
official.
4:24 AM - 3 Jun 2014 Washington, DC, United States
The total number of deaths is unclear. Iranian state television said five were killed, while state-run Irna news agency said four died.
4:43 AM - 3 Jun 2014 Washington, DC, United States
Stunning Photos Reveal Intensity of Wildfire Season’s Early Start
2
June, 2014
Over
the last two weeks, California, Arizona and Alaska have all had to
deal with severe wildfires that have surprised officials with their
ferocity … and their
earliness.
Of the nearly
one dozen blazes that
ended up consuming well over 25,000 acres in heavily populated San
Diego County two weeks ago, Carlsbad Fire Chief Michael Davis—a
27-year-veteran—said: “This is unbelievable. This is something we
should see in October … I haven’t seen it this hot, this dry,
this long in May.”
Here’s
a sampling of what these three fires looked like, as captured in the
lenses of local photographers:
Just
as firefighters were struggling to contain the last of the Southern
California burns, a
second rash of fires erupted
in a neighboring state: this time near Flagstaff, AZ. As of this
writing, the so-called Slide fire has covered more than 25 square
miles of that state’s most scenic and well-visited parkland. On or
about that same day, a relatively small wildfire on Alaska’s Kenai
Peninsula, south of Anchorage, began to build in intensity
and started
to spread;
by the morning of Memorial Day it had grown to cover nearly 248
square miles—an area equivalent to the city of Chicago.
What
do the three conflagrations have in common, other than their
inability to wait for what we (perhaps foolishly) would like to think
of as a seasonally appropriate starting date? All were helped along
by catalysts such as the unseasonably high mid-spring temperatures
andextraordinarily
dry conditions that
Davis cites, each of which scientists agree will become the new norm
if we don’t act now to reverse the effects of climate
change.
Over 7,000 people were affected and 15 people have died in Sri Lanka as heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in several areas in the island, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said.
Footage
Of Flood Hit
Viyangalla, Sri Lanka
Over 7,000 people were affected and 15 people have died in Sri Lanka as heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in several areas in the island, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said.
The
western and southern regions experienced heavy rains with more than
100 millimeters within about an hour on Sunday and many areas in
Western Province have been flooded due to the torrential rainfall,
the DMC said.
According
to the DMC low lying areas of Kalutara District, such as Agalawatta,
Palindanuwara, Bulathsinhala, Matugama, Welipenna, Pelawatte, Omantha
have been submerged by floods and hundreds of families have been
affected. Seven deaths have been also reported due to cutting
failures from the Agalawatta
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