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Finally, someone investigated how many times you can piss in Heavy Rain - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/finally-someone-investigated-how-many-times-you-can-piss-in-heavy-rain #SonyComputerEntertainmentEurope #SonyComputerEntertainment #ActionAdventure #QuanticDream #SinglePlayer #Thirdperson #Firstperson #AllieMeowy #StoryRich #HeavyRain #PS3 #PS4 #PC
"A wave of bad weather has ravaged parts of #Italy and central #France, with storms and heavy rainfall expected batter to Italy's south until Tuesday.
On the Italian island of Sicily, emergency services rescued people from roofs of buildings and stranded vehicles, as #HeavyRain caused flash flooding.
In the province of Agrigento, the swollen Salto river breached its banks in several locations, inundating part of the coastal city of Licata."
#Sewage dumped illegally in #Windermere over 3 years
by Joe Crowley
October 17, 2024
"A water company repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into one of #ngland's most famous lakes over a three-year period, the BBC can reveal.
"More than 140 million litres of waste were pumped into Windermere between 2021 and 2023 at times when it was not permitted, our analysis shows, and #UnitedUtilities failed to report most of it.
"It means the company's #IllegalDumping of #sewage into the lake went on for far longer, and was far more extensive, than was previously known.
"United Utilities said some of its sewage releases into #Windermere were 'potentially non-compliant' but that it #SelfReports 'over 94% of potential pollution incidents to the #EnvironmentAgency'.
"Matt Staniek, a campaigner against sewage pollution and founder of #SaveWindermere, said Windermere was 'the jewel in the crown of the #LakeDistrict #NationalPark, and it's being used as an open sewer'.
"It is sometimes necessary to release sewage into rivers and lakes to stop the wastewater system from being overwhelmed by #HeavyRain but this #pollution can damage the environment, causing harmful #AlgalBlooms and even killing fish.
"In January this year - after BBC Panorama revealed the company had downplayed the severity of dozens of #pollution incidents, some involving Windermere - United Utilities retrospectively reported some discharges into the lake from October 2023 onwards."
The entire #Sahel region has been seeing #HeavyRain.
"Surging waters have burst through a #dam in eastern #Sudan, wiping out at least 20 villages and leaving at least 30 people dead but probably many more, the UN has said, devastating a region already reeling from months of civil war."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/26/flood-surge-in-sudan-bursts-dam-destroying-villages-and-killing-dozens
#flooding
OCD-#Soccsksargen spokesperson Jorie Mae Balmediano said on Wednesday, July 17, that the #floods have severely affected #agriculture and displaced around 190,000 individuals in the provinces of #Sarangani, #SultanKudarat, and #Cotabato. #Mindanao #Philippines
Soccsksargen on alert as region battles floods, #landslides amid #HeavyRain
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/mindanao/soccsksargen-alert-battles-floods-landslides-amid-heavy-rain-july-2024/
These images show what has happened to the #Hiking #Trails in the #Woods within about 45 minutes after #HeavyRain started. The first image also clearly shows that spots prone to be somewhat muddy anyway are more or less turned into a big mud hole by #MountainBikers often leaving no place for hikers to go without having to step deeply into the mud.
At least 29 people killed as #HeavyRain and #flooding lashes #Brazil
By Michael Rios, Stefano Pozzebon and Lianne Kolirin, CNN
Published May 3, 2024
"#RioGrandeDoSul has been increasingly hit by #ExtremeWeather events in recent years. More than 30 people died in the state in September after heavy rains.
"The #ClimateCrisis, caused primarily by humans burning #FossilFuels, is supercharging extreme weather around the world, making many events more intense and more frequent.
"In the past few weeks alone, record rainfall has triggered deadly floods and brought chaos to the desert city of Dubai; reservoirs across Southeast Asia have been drying up in a persistent regional heatwave and ongoing drought, while Kenya is battling floods and heavy rainfall that has burst river banks and killed nearly 200 people.
"Last year was the hottest on record, with air and ocean temperatures climbing beyond many scientists’ predictions. The world is already 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer than it was in #preindustrial times.
"The proportion of high-intensity #hurricanes, or tropical #cyclones, has increased due to the warmer global temperatures, according to the UN. #HeatWaves are becoming more frequent and are lasting longer.
"Scientists have also found that the storms are more likely to stall and lead to devastating rainfall and they last longer after making landfall."
Report: Global #wine production worst in 62 years due to 'extreme #climate events'
The 10% decrease is the world's steepest drop in wine production in 62 years, according to the industry report. The #grape harvest was the worst reported since 1961.
By Mike Heuer, UPI
Published Apr 29, 2024
"#Fires, #droughts and other conditions commonly associated with a changing global climate greatly contributed to making the world's 2023 wine production the worst in 62 years, industry officials have reported.
"A 'State of the World Vine and Wine Sector in 2023' report released Thursday by the France-based International Organization of Vine and Wine cites 'extreme environmental conditions' as a primary cause of a 10% drop in global wine production in 2023.
"John Barker, director of the wine organization, said 'drought, #ExtremeHeat and fires, as well as #HeavyRain causing #flooding and #fungal disease across major northern and southern hemisphere wine production regions" were primary factors in the decrease in global wine production.
"The 10% decrease is the world's steepest drop in wine production in 62 years, according to the industry report. The grape harvest was the worst reported since 1961.
"A 26% drop in wine production in #Australia and a 23% drop in #Italy made those nations the worst in 2023. #Spain lost more than 20% of its wine production, and #Chile and #SouthAfrica each recorded 10% drops."
Summary: There may be fewer atmospheric rivers because of climate change, but the ones that occur will be extreme.
NASA: #ClimateChange may lead to bigger #AtmosphericRivers
By Esprit Smith,
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
May 24, 2018
"A new NASA-led study shows that #ClimateChange is likely to intensify #ExtremeWeather events known as atmospheric rivers across most of the globe by the end of this century, while slightly reducing their number.
"The new study projects atmospheric rivers will be significantly longer and wider than the ones we observe today, leading to more frequent atmospheric river conditions in affected areas.
"The results project that in a scenario where greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate, there will be about 10 percent fewer atmospheric rivers globally by the end of the 21st century,' said the study's lead author, Duane Waliser, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. 'However, because the findings project that the atmospheric rivers will be, on average, about 25 percent wider and longer, the global frequency of atmospheric river conditions -- like #HeavyRain and #StrongWinds -- will actually increase by about 50 percent.'
"The results also show that the frequency of the most intense atmospheric river storms is projected to nearly double.
"Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow jets of air that carry huge amounts of water vapor from the tropics to Earth's continents and polar regions. These 'rivers in the sky' typically range from 250 to 375 miles (400 to 600 kilometers) wide and carry as much water -- in the form of water vapor -- as about 25 Mississippi Rivers. When an atmospheric river makes landfall, particularly against mountainous terrain (such as the Sierra Nevada and the Andes), it releases much of that water vapor in the form of rain or snow.
"These storm systems are common -- on average, there are about 11 present on Earth at any time. In many areas of the globe, they bring much-needed precipitation and are an important contribution to annual freshwater supplies. However, stronger atmospheric rivers -- especially those that stall at landfall or that produce rain on top of snowpack -- can cause disastrous #flooding.
"Atmospheric rivers show up on satellite imagery, including in data from a series of actual atmospheric river storms that drenched the U.S. West Coast and caused severe flooding in early 2017."
Read more: https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2740/climate-change-may-lead-to-bigger-atmospheric-rivers/
Flooding submerges roads and neighbourhoods in Nigeria’s Lagos | AJ #shorts
Thousands stranded as torrential rain hits Burning Man festival | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
"#MANILA, #Philippines – Starting August, #motorcycles seeking shelter in #underpasses or #footbridges during heavy rain may face a fine of P500." #Philippines
#MMDA to penalize #motorcycle riders seeking shelter in underpasses, footbridges during #HeavyRain
https://www.rappler.com/nation/mmda-penalize-motorcycle-riders-seeking-shelter-underpasses-footbridges-during-heavy-rain/
More than 20 dead and thousands evacuate homes in #SouthKorea due to #HeavyRain
By Irene Nasser and Chris Lau, CNN
Published Jul 15, 2023
"Scientists have warned the frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall is increasing across East #Asia as the human-caused #ClimateCrisis accelerates the probability of #ExtremeWeather events.
"The newest round of heavy rains in South Korea come just days after devastating floods wreaked havoc in neighboring #Japan, killing at least six people and injuring 19.
"Torrential rain in southwestern Japan prompted the country’s weather agency to issue emergency warnings at the start of the week for the #Fukuoka and #Oita prefectures, on #Kyushu, the country’s third largest island.
"Earlier this month, heavy downpours also caused flooding in southwest #China, killing at least 15 people in the city of #Chongqing."
North India flooding: Overflowing river disrupts capital New Delhi
Are global floods getting worse? | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
#FEMA update on #HeavyRain and #Flooding for #California and #Nevada 3/13/23 (ps. another reason not to go swimming/wading through random floodwaters.... sewage spills).
