Nocere – Earth Disasters

The oil spill continues to flow into the Gulf after an explosion happened at a rig last week.

The well is located under the water and is allowing possibly 5,000 barrels a day of oil to spill into the Gulf.

The oil is a major threat to wildlife. Many are in their breeding time according to an environmental organization.

There were 11 people who worked on the oil rig that  have not yet been found and are thought to have perished. An explosion on the oil rig is what started the oil spilling into the gulf.

Birds are at this time in their time of building their nest and preparing for the arrival of their family.

There is a  major effort being put out by environmental groups to keep the oil from making the shorelines of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. It could possibly not work. They are considering asking the US Military for help controlling the spill.

Not only are the birds at risk with the oil spill. The entire ecosystem is in danger of being damaged with oil. As the oil settles in the water, it will cover the basin which means  the oysters will be smothered with it and die.

The whole business of fishing will be affected by the spill.

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On Saturday, tornado’s raged through Mississippi resulting in massive destruction and 10 deaths

There was a 3 month old baby killed and two additional children. Many more received injuries and numerous houses were destroyed.

It went through the central western border region in Mississippi that borders with Alabama which along with Louisiana also received voluminous damage and lost of lives.

Trees were broken in half by the winds. Cars flipped over and roofs lifted off buildings. It left Mississippi in darkness as the downed trees took power lines down with them.

There were 5 people killed from the Choctaw County area located in the north central region of Mississippi. Four others were from the Yazoo County which is located on the north side  of Jackson . One more that died was from Holmes County which is located in the north central part of Mississippi.

The raging storm continued on into Alabama where two more people perished from it. A man driving along ran his car into a tree and died as a result. Another death was the result of a woman hitting  her head when hurrying into a safe place.

The winds were blowing at speeds as much as 170 miles per hour. The area of Yazoo received the worst of the storm.

Emergency federal aid is going to be asked for by the Gov. of Mississippi.

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They are calculating that there has been  70 people that have been harmed by 5 different grenades  being set off close to a train depot on Silom Rd in Bangkok.

There were 3 others killed by the blast.

The explosives are being said to have been set off by anti government demonstrators after a rivalry between the protesters and officials.

The demonstrators, know as the Red  Shirts, are protesting against the government and are wanting a new election to take place. They are denying that the grenades were shot by them.

The M-79 grenades are a type that are shot from gun placed on ones shoulders.

There was much blood and chaos filled the area as people helped carry the hurt to safe areas and ambulances arrived.

Not long after the grenades exploded, the prime minister of Thailand called for an emergency gathering with security officials.

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In Qizza Khawani Bazaar of Peshawar, which is located in Pakistan, there were 22 people killed and 27 more received injuries as a bomb was set off in a busy market place. Islamabad is in the northwestern part of Pakistan.

The bomb exploded Monday evening a little past 6:30pm or 9:30am EST.

The person responsible for the explosion walked into the market place and set off the bombs according to Mian Iftikhar Hussain, He is a spokes person for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which was once known as the North West Frontier Province.

A doctor at the area  hospital, Lady Reading Hospital, noted that the number dead at this time is 22.

At the time of the explosion, there was a group of people expressing their disagreement with doing more load shedding which is an act of purposely cutting power to save electric. Pakistan is suffering from an energy shortage.

Rebels had  been rather quiet in the area for  about 4 months, according to police chief Liaqat Ali. “Now they have reorganized and regrouped and they will try to hurt us and hit us. Nonetheless we are ready and we will put in our best.”

There have been other attacks in the last few days.

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The high content of ash and debris found in the cloud of the erupting volcano in Iceland has stalled air traffic throughout Europe.

The  huge cloud has caused more air traffic similar to the problems after 911. Passengers are awaiting news that their planes will be taking off, hoping to be returning home or going to their destinations soon.

There is concern  that air traffic will be disrupted for yet another few days to allow the skies to become safe again.

In London, usually one of the busiest airports in the world having most the time over 1200 flights containing 180,000 passengers per day, canceled all fights.

Approximately 700 people had to be relocated that live near the volcano. There was fear of high water and floating icebergs. There is also a fear that roads are being damaged and as are other structures.

The ash in the cloud is at anywhere from 20,000  to 36,000 feet in the air. If an airplane tried flying through it, the ash could get sucked into the engines, clogging them and causing them to shut down.

Many plans  have been changed or are being affected by the eruption and the canceled flights.

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Possibly more then 19 people have perished in the battle that occurred in the Somali Capital of Magadishu. It is a separated with divisions between activists and the government.

A battle that happened during a military ceremony took the lives of 13 people when the AU and the government fought back against the activist.

Many of the people being killed are civilians. There were 16 people who were found dead after the battle that were innocents. Many of the dead were children, the young innocents.

There were 55 more hurt during the heavy artillery being dispersed in the heavly populated area by the African Union. Is being noted as the worst round of fire in months.

The shots were fired off without any definite plans. They were just shot into the area.

More people perished as roadside explosives went off near Magadishu. Another 6 people died.

It started in the afternoon with Islamist members shooting mortar rounds at the presidential palace and at the airport during a military ceremony noting the 50th anniversary of the countries national army.

The governement assisted the AU by responding with additional heavy artillery.

There were two military members killed at the airport when the auto they were in was hit by an explosion.

Many citizens and government personnel hurried to the scene to help out. Another blast went off taking the lives of 4 additional civilians.

Islamist militants have over takes much of Somalia which has been without a working government for many years.

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It is thought that potentially 400 people  have perished in the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit China’s Qinghai state in the early morning hours on Wednesday.

There were about 10,000 people that recieved wounds from the quake.

School children were amidst the victims entombed under rubble . Many people were acting as quickly as they could using bare hands to dig people out from under the rubble.

The quake was measured by the U.S. Geological Survey as a 6.9 magnitude quake. It hit China around 7:49 am ET.

A great deal of people were in their homes and school was just getting started for the day.

There were many after shocks, one measured as much as 5.8 on the scale. All were within a few hours of the first earthquake.

The homes in the area hit, are not very well constructed. Many are made of wood and dirt walls. Many fell in along with a Buddist pagoda located in a park.

the tremors  have caused homes to fall along with many other types of buildings. Roads need to be repaired and the electrical power failure has played havoc with people being able to connect.

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At this time, there are 95 people known to have perished in Rio de Janeiro  due to flooding  waters. The floods are a result of heaviest rainfall the area has seen in decades. Landslides have also been a hazard from the falling rain.

The area has been declared a state of emergency and it is feared that the number of deaths will be much higher due to many people are  missing.

There were at the least 33 people that perished in Rio de Janerio during a 24 hour time period in which eleven inches of rain fell. In a city next to Rio de Janerio, Niteroi, another 33 died.

Rio has many of what they call shanty towns built on the sides of the hills. Due to mudslides, many of these have been buried.

The hillsides are being searched by rescue teams trying to find as many people as they can. Many are buried beneath the mud.

At this time, the rain continues to fall. The President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has asked people to please move away from their dwellings to a safer location if there is fear of potential flooding.

If there is no fear of a flood then they are being asked to remain in their homes and not to travel at this time.

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