- Lithuania has reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus becoming the 41st country to be infected
- A Taiwan resident died of the H7N9 avian flu virus: He is the second man to die of avian flu on the island
- A mag 5.7 and a mag 4.8 struck east of the stricken nuclear power plant Fukushima bringing back the memories of 2011 when fore shocks struck before the big one
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Lithuania has reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus becoming the 41st country to be infected Posted: 28 Feb 2017 11:30 PM PST Click on RSOE Alert map to enlarge, red squares indicate humans infected or dead Lithuania has reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus in the central part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday, citing a report from Lithuania's veterinary services. The virus was detected in six mute swans found dead in the city of Kaunas, near the river Nemunas, they said in a report posted on the OIE website. The H5N8 strain, which is deadly for poultry but has not been found in humans, has spread across Europe, the Middle East and Africa since late last year, leading to the slaughter of millions of birds and the confinement of flocks indoors. Home Page The Wire |
A Taiwan resident died of the H7N9 avian flu virus: He is the second man to die of avian flu on the island Posted: 28 Feb 2017 11:04 PM PST A Taiwan resident died of the H7N9 avian flu virus Monday evening, 23 days after the infection was confirmed, the local disease control agency said Tuesday. The man, 69, contracted the virus on Feb. 4 and died in hospital on Feb. 27 after medical treatment failed, according to the agency. The man, from Kaohsiung, initially felt ill on Jan. 23 when he was visiting Guangdong Province on business. He returned to Taiwan on Jan. 25 but was tested negative for bird-flu at a hospital. The patient felt symptoms such as fever, coughing and breathing difficulties on Jan. 29, and was diagnosed with pneumonia. He was hospitalized on Feb. 1, and confirmed as having the avian-flu virus three days later. The man was the first Taiwan resident and second person to die of H7N9 on the island, where a total of five human H7N9 cases have been confirmed, according to local media. The first person to die from the virus in Taiwan was a mainland resident. Home Page The Wire |
A mag 5.7 and a mag 4.8 struck east of the stricken nuclear power plant Fukushima bringing back the memories of 2011 when fore shocks struck before the big one Posted: 28 Feb 2017 10:29 AM PST USGS Two large quakes off the coast of Fukushima bring back memories of March 2011 when several large fore shocks occurred before the massive mag 9 struck causing the death of 15,000 people a massive tsunami and the destruction of the Fukushima Nuclear plant. A mag 5.7 and a mag 4.8 struck this morning just miles east of the stricken nuclear power plant Fukushima bringing back the memories of 2011. With another massive coronal hole facing the Earth lets hope it's not a precursor to what happened in Japan six years ago The latest of a series of massive coronal holes has turned to face the Earth, with it’s incredible intense solar wind to smash into the Earth’s magnetosphere sometime tomorrow. It is the latest of an incredible string of massive coronal holes which have been showing up with incredible regularity since last September. The coronal holes have been linked to large quake and volcano activity here on Earth and we can expect major quake activity in the coming days Home Page The Wire |
Oroville and Shasta Dams at stress point as early spring arrives bringing temperatures into the high 70’s to northern Cal causing massive snow melt Posted: 28 Feb 2017 04:44 AM PST This aerial view looks east toward Oroville Dam and Lake Oroville, showing the damaged spillway with its outflow of 100,000 cubic feet per second at the Butte County, California, site. Photo taken February 15, 2017. (Dale Kolke/California Department of Water Resources)
Northern California is to face yet another flood crisis for Oroville and Shasta Dams as an early spring arrives bringing temperatures into the high 70’s bringing an early snow melt for the area… The Sacramento area will bask in temperatures in the low 90’s for the next five days according to Accuweather. NOAA claimed this week, recent storms in California have provided widespread drought relief, but also caused deadly and destructive flooding and mudslides. Last week residents were evacuated from their homes as water poured over the damaged spillway at the Oroville Dam. Many rivers and creeks in the Central Valley and around Northern California are at or above flood stage. This spring, and possibly before the end of winter, we should see some warming up, which could cause snow to melt faster and flood some areas. Snow in the high Sierras tends to produce a gradual runoff that should keep rivers and reservoirs at healthy levels through the dry season, though the sheer volume of expected runoff could cause flooding. 10 photos show extensive damage at Oroville spillway Sent in by Chessie Crow Gartmayer Quote: Home Page The Wire |
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