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Photos: Devastating Drought Upends Life in the Andes
A lagoon in the southern part of the Andes has dried up completely as the mountain region and the people living in it are struggling through a years-long drought.
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See Hurricane Ian videos showing the devastating Florida landfall
Wednesday at 3:05 p.m. ET was the moment the eye of Hurricane Ian officially made its landfall in the U.S., by hitting the barrier island of Cayo Costa, about 89 miles south of Tampa, according to the National Weather Service. Ian was clocked as a Category 4 with 150 mile-per-hour winds, and, as of this writing, remains a very real threat to the homes and lives of Floridians on the state’s west coast.
Here are some examples of the storm’s impact, as it appeared on Twitter. If you are in the affected area and you didn’t evacuate, we hope you’re taking all necessary precautions as you attempt to ride out the storm.
Hurricane Ian batters Cape Coral, Florida
Yeshiva World News reporter Moshe Schwartz tweeted video of Cape Coral, Florida from a spot several stories high, providing a panoramic view of the widespread devastation.
Footage of Hurricane Ian as it hit Fort Myers, Florida
A few hours before landfall, the Weather Channel’s Mike Bettes posted a highlight from a video feed showing flooding in Estero Blvd. in Fort Myers Beach, Florida.
Fort Myers, Florida-based weatherman Dylan Federico posted footage from WINK News headquarters, showing a neighborhood almost completely flooded, including at least one car submerged to the roof.
Federico also documented a frightened kitten stranded on a park bench as the waters rose, but that footage is not for the faint of heart.
@WHGrampa tweeted similar footage documenting the storm surge in Fort Myers Beach.
Harrowing photos of Hurricane Ian’s effects
User @itsbethbooker tweeted concerning photos apparently sent by her mother, who was taking shelter on the second floor of her Fort Myers home while the first floor was completely inundated.
Hurricane Ian’s impact on Naples, Florida
Livecam aficionado @BirdingPeepWx used footage from a camera on Sanibel Island to create a time-lapse that documents 30 minutes of storm surge.
Hurricane Ian’s storm surge in time lapse
Twitter user @llizzarrdd tweeted a video of torrential floodwaters filling the bottom floor and courtyard of a condo building in Naples, Florida. The footage was accompanied by a plea for rescue.
How is Hurricane Ian related to climate change?
Climate change is impacting hurricanes. Some of these impacts are clear, particularly more serious rainfall and historic flooding, along with higher storm surges. Other impacts, like how the relentless warming oceans are affecting how strong these storms grow, are an intensive and ongoing area of research.
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India monsoon flash floods kill at least 40 as bridges collapse and homes are washed away in devastating mudslides
AT LEAST 40 people have been killed after Northern India was hit by catastrophic flash floods and landslides.
Relentless monsoon rains have submerged hundreds of villages, triggering devastating mudslides that swept homes, cars and locals away.
The destructive weather caused a bridge in Kangra to collapse, killing at least two[/caption]
Forecasters have warned the relentless rainfall will continue for at least the next two days[/caption]
A landslide, triggered by the monsoon rains, toppled a building in Shimla[/caption]
The death toll has continued to rise over the last three days, while dangerous rescue missions persisted across the deluged region.
Two people died after the powerful weather caused a bridge in Kangra, in the state of Himachal Pradesh, to collapse.
Another 36 were killed nearby after being swept away by floodwater, while hundreds were forced to seek shelter in relief camps.
Shocking footage captured the moment an evacuated building collapsed in Shimla after being overpowered by a landslide.
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Four others also died and 13 are missing in the neighbouring state of Uttarakhand after cloudbursts poured down on terrified residents.
The area was drowned by the weather phenomenon, which occurs when extreme amounts of rain falls in a short period of time.
Officials announced helicopters had been sent to scour remote areas for survivors as forecasters predicted more heavy rainfall will hit.
Authorities in the Ramgarh district of Jharkhand announced five people had been swept away by the Nalkari river on Saturday.
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District official Madhvi Mishra said four bodies had been recovered from the swollen river so far, Reuters reported.
Nearly 800,000 people have been affected by the biblical floods in the eastern state of Odisha, with thousands losing their homes.
Indians are also grappling with power outages while navigating roads that have been wrecked by the downpour.
Latest reports suggest at least six were killed in the horror floods, while 120,000 were evacuated from the affected areas.
Locals have also been struggling to ration water supplies, seeing relief provisions being brought in by boat.
Ranjit Kumar Sinha, an official in Uttarakhand’s disaster management department, said: “We have deployed choppers to rescue people who are stuck in remote areas due to rain-related incidents.
At least 40 people have been killed in the flash floods so far[/caption]
The explosive weather has damaged roads while washing out hundreds of villages[/caption]
“The rescue operation is in full swing.”
Heartbreaking images show people surveying the damage to their homes and picking up remnants of their lives from the rubble.
Other snaps show the damage to the infrastructure in Northern India, including a flooded bridge and roads that were torn apart by the intense rainfall.
Forceful winds have even uprooted trees and electricity poles, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.
The Indian Meteorological Department predicted that heavy to very heavy rain would continue to fall in the region for the next two days.
At least 20 people were killed in a single day by an apocalyptic lightning storm in India just last month,
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Authorities urged locals to stay inside after the horror deaths in the state of Bihar rocked the country on July 26.
Hundreds of people die every year in lightning strikes during monsoon season in India.
Shocking images show the horrific damage to infrastructure in Northern India[/caption]
Thousands of families have been displaced after their homes were swept away[/caption]
Relief supplies are being brought into the region by boat[/caption]