Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan have killed at least 199 people in the past 24 hours, national and local officials said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/16/asia-pacific/monsoon-rains-pakistan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #floods #rain #pakistan
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the city of Tamana and the town of Nagasu in Kumamoto Prefecture at 12:20 a.m. on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/11/japan/rain-emergency-kumamoto-kyushu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kumamoto #floods #kyushu
The Meteorological Agency warned of landslides, river flooding and inundation in low-lying areas of Fukuoka Prefecture on Sunday as heavy rain continued in the Kyushu region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/10/japan/japan-heavy-rain-kyushu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kyushu #fukuoka #floods #landslides
"The main point, says the editorial, is that natural disasters “are a result of living in a fallen and sinful world,” and that humans and the natural world itself are both cursed by original sin, so you’d better focus on getting right with Jesus. Also that extreme weather, like the rain, fall on both 'the just and the unjust,' and God’s will is inscrutable (and of course human activity like burning fossil fuels can’t affect the atmosphere)."
"But most importantly, natural disasters are a reminder to 'repent or perish,' because see point #1 about living in a fallen world."
"Following Hurricane Helene last fall, the 'Standing for Freedom Center' explained that the death and destruction of a natural disaster must be understood through 'sound Christian doctrine,' which is why no one should think that the hurricane had anything to do with 'climate change,' which isn’t real, and is in fact 'a fabricated crisis that is weaponized by the global elites.'”
"The main point, says the editorial, is that natural disasters “are a result of living in a fallen and sinful world,” and that humans and the natural world itself are both cursed by original sin, so you’d better focus on getting right with Jesus. Also that extreme weather, like the rain, fall on both 'the just and the unjust,' and God’s will is inscrutable (and of course human activity like burning fossil fuels can’t affect the atmosphere)."
Doktor Zoom explains why, in Texas, getting politicans to enact legislation assuring that summer camps for children (many of them church-based) are safe is an uphill climb:
"For a lot of fundagelical Christians, taking care of each other is something people should only do on their own, because God wants government to be very, very limited."
#Texas #evangelicals #floods #ClimateChange
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/sure-texas-could-require-less-drowny
"Following Hurricane Helene last fall, the 'Standing for Freedom Center' explained that the death and destruction of a natural disaster must be understood through 'sound Christian doctrine,' which is why no one should think that the hurricane had anything to do with 'climate change,' which isn’t real, and is in fact 'a fabricated crisis that is weaponized by the global elites.'”
Doktor Zoom explains why, in Texas, getting politicans to enact legislation assuring that summer camps for children (many of them church-based) are safe is an uphill climb:
"For a lot of fundagelical Christians, taking care of each other is something people should only do on their own, because God wants government to be very, very limited."
#Texas #evangelicals #floods #ClimateChange
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/sure-texas-could-require-less-drowny
Chinese authorities are evacuating over 82,000 people across Beijing at risk from heavy rainfall, state media said, following flooding in the capital's suburbs last week that killed dozens. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/asia-pacific/society/beijing-evacuates-heavy-rains/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #beijing #china #floods
Hiroshima’s annual ceremony for world peace was canceled in 1950 due to the Korean War. Fifty years later, in 2000, land prices across Japan were still struggling to recover from the burst of the asset bubble. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/japan/history/hiroshima-peace-tokyo-floods-land-prices/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #floods #hiroshima #koreanwar #terrorism #malaysia #japaneseredarmy #realestate #japaneseeconomy
Extreme weather has killed at least 30 people in Beijing after a year's worth of rain fell in a matter of days, with much of the rain inundated the Chinese capital's mountainous north near the Great Wall. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/asia-pacific/society/beijing-extreme-rain-kills/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #beijing #floods #china
Michael Bacon
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Yesterday: I've had it with hearing the same story over and over again—another 100-year-plus rainfall event, another tragic result from people occupying the floodplain without an adequate warning system. More pain. More loss. https://www.texasobserver.org/flooding-houston-hill-country-planning/
#water #environment #rivers #floods#Texas #politics#USpol#ClimateChange #weather #history #news
Yesterday: I've had it with hearing the same story over and over again—another 100-year-plus rainfall event, another tragic result from people occupying the floodplain without an adequate warning system. More pain. More loss. https://www.texasobserver.org/flooding-houston-hill-country-planning/
#water #environment #rivers #floods#Texas #politics#USpol#ClimateChange #weather #history #news
We can prevent flood impacts if we understand rivers better
Rivers don’t just carry water from point A to point B. They meander, braid, shift, and carve landscapes.
This is how floodplains are formed.
Floodplains provide the space for the additional water to fill out, reduce floods peaks downstream and store sediments.
They also support diverse habitats including wetlands, lakes, and swamps
An example, these floodplains in the Parana river (Brazil)
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Texas Officials Say They Didn’t See the Flood Coming. Oral Histories Show Residents Have Long Warned of Risks.
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After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what we learned following the devastating July 4 flooding in Texas.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-floods-oral-histories?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
At least one person was killed and four missing during heavy downpours Sunday in South Korea, officials said, bringing the death toll to 11 from torrential rains that have lashed the country in recent days. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/asia-pacific/south-korea-rain-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southkorea #rain #floods
The Trump administration's decision to slash nearly all U.S. foreign aid has left dozens of water and sanitation projects half-finished across the globe, creating new hazards for the people they were designed to benefit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/world/politics/trump-aid-water-sanitation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #water #us #famine #drought #floods #donaldtrump #aid
Heavy rains pounded South Korea for a third day on Friday in a deluge that has killed at least four people, forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and destroyed property and infrastructure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/18/asia-pacific/south-korea-flooding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southkorea #floods #landslides
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Olivia Julianna talks about how wearily predictable natural disasters are for Texas, and also how wearily predictable is the non-response of Texas government, the non-preparation for the natural disasters.
As people still swallow the diversionary line fed to them by state Republican leaders that we shouldn't "politicize" natural disasters….
#Texas#Republicans#NaturalDisasters #floods #hurricanes #tornadoes
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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/how-many-more-have-to-die-before
So that the people whose lives are at risk with all those natural disasters keep voting into office the people who have no intention of helping them prepare for or then deal with the next natural disaster that comes along,
Because there's money to be counted and pocketed, bogus religion to preach, and the oil and gas men to coddle and protect….
#Texas#Republicans#NaturalDisasters #floods #hurricanes #tornadoes
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Olivia Julianna talks about how wearily predictable natural disasters are for Texas, and also how wearily predictable is the non-response of Texas government, the non-preparation for the natural disasters.
As people still swallow the diversionary line fed to them by state Republican leaders that we shouldn't "politicize" natural disasters….
#Texas#Republicans#NaturalDisasters #floods #hurricanes #tornadoes
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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/how-many-more-have-to-die-before