The 3rd week of August 2022 brings more calamity as floods, fires and storms continue to rage violently throughout the globe. Thousands of lives have been lost to climate disasters only this month. And the number just keeps piling on. Let’s have a look at the number of disasters that hit the world in the last 7 days.
China’s Jialing River has been hit by the worst drought in 60 years.
Due to record high droughts in European Rivers, hungry stones have been exposed. Hungry stones are indications of severe drop in water levels, foreshadowing famine.
In italy, Piedmontese Cows at the Bosco farm died by eating sorghum. Sorghum is a type of grass which contain toxic substance in its first stage of growth which increases during drought.
The floods in Afghanistan have killed 10 people. Several people are missing while hundreds of homes have been destroyed.
Approximately 200 people have been killed due to severe flooding in Balochistan, Pakistan.
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Nearly 600 people have died in Pakistan due to floods while about a million have been affected by heavy rains and floods.
More than 26 people have died in forest fires in Algeria.
Spain and france are still suffering from intense wildfires raging in various parts of the country.