“government has proposed making it obligatory from January for businesses to be insured against natural disasters, a move that has proved particularly unpopular in areas most at risk”
#StormBoris #climateCrisis
BDG news: Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Delivers Flood Relief in Poland
Read here: tinyurl.com/yhevuudj
#buddhism #engagedbuddhism #tzuchi #mahayana #taiwan #poland #stormboris #floods #compassion #masterchengyen #humanitarianaid
#Hungary #StormBoris
#climatechange #climatecrisis #floods
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Oz friends flew into #Vienna last Saturday intending to #cycle to #Budapest. They’d never seen weather like it. Relentless downpour & absolutely ferocious winds. Managed one day of cycling but drenched to the skin within an hour. The rain stopped but the entire bike route is underwater. #StormBoris
Britain's far right proto-party, 'Reform' (sic) conferences and prioritises opposition to so called #NetZero
In other news:
Floods brought by #StormBoris – the worst storm “in at least two decades” in central Europe – killed at least 21 people, & dumped 5 times the average amount of rainfall […]
200 hours of Storm #Boris seen in the water vapour channel which provides a view of the upper-tropospheric jet stream patterns and shows the formation of the long lasting meandering cold cut-off low. #stormboris
Tell me that #StormBoris is named after unlamented climate-neglectful/denialist PM. Johnson.
The next big one will be Storm Rishi?
Has there ever been a more aptly named natural disaster?
#StormBoris
Storm Boris in Europe: floods of an "unprecedented" magnitude feared by specialists
In Le Parisien, Malcolm Mistry says further analysis needed to determine if #climatechange caused #StormBoris but studies show such events more likely in warming climate.
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#publichealth
#Lithuania is ready to send aid to #Poland amid severe #floods caused by #StormBoris. Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry advised travellers to #Austria, #Czechia, Poland, #Romania, and #Slovakia to take precautions.
Two #MeteorM2_4 images from yesterday and today (16th & 17th September) showing clear skies over the UK, the remnants of #StormBoris over Eastern #Europe and a huge depression over Iceland.
You can also see smoke streaming into the Atlantic from the huge wildfires in Portugal. #satelliteimagery
The last 150 hours of Storm #Boris in infrared with the heaviest rains now shifted more towards Italy and the Balkans in the final frames and days ahead. #StormBoris
How long until something like #StormBoris hits the UK?
I bet months not years.
#Collapse #TalkCollapse #ClimateCrisis
Key flood defences in disrepair across England as wet autumn looms, data reveals...
#FAFO 🤷♂️
#Collapse #TalkCollapse #StormBoris
#Flooding
"Scientists warn 70% of the world’s population to see rapid increase in ‘unprecedented’ weather" ...
Be informed! Click to read the Daily Brief news summary for Monday, September 16, 2024. dailybrief.net/september-16... #ISRAEL #GAZA #UKRAINE #RUSSIA #TRUMP #TIKTOK #NYC #BOEING #CHINA #STORMBORIS #GERMANY #ITALY #PAPUANEWGUINEA #BRAZIL #WNBA #LIVGOLF #EMMYS #DAILYBRIEF
#StormBoris is killing people and other animals in Central and Eastern Europe.
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The last 100 hours of Storm #Boris refusing to budge, brought extensive #flooding to eastern Europe and continues to dump heavy snow to the eastern Alps🏔️. #StormBoris
As an ex-firefighter, it hurts me so much when I see one of my "family" die in service.
RIP Hero
#PolandFloods #Poland #Floods #Firefighter #Boris #StormBoris
‘Catastrophe of epic proportions’: 7 drown in Europe amid heavy floods and 4 are missing in Czechia as #StormBoris continues to lash central Europe, bringing torrential rain and floods that have forced the evacuation of thousands theguardian.com/world/2024/s... #ClimateEmergency #ActOnClimate
#StormBoris induced flooding that has struck Poland, Austria, the Czechia, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia has left a trail of devastation. My heart goes out to those who have suffered unimaginable losses due to this #climatechange fuelled #disaster and its aftermath.
