Archive for September, 2016
South Australia is without power after being lashed with severe storms
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016All of South Australia and its 1.67 million residents lost power about 3.45pm.
Power is not expected to be fully restored until 4.15am on Thursday.
The storm damaged power infrastructure near Port Augusta, causing the entire power network to shut down “to protect itself”
Wildfire along the Santa Cruz Range threatening hundreds of homes
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016Mandatory evacuations were ordered Tuesday for Santa Cruz Mountains residents living near the Loma Fire, which by the evening had charred at least 2,250 acres and was 10% contained
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
Indonesian authorities have evacuated some 1,100 tourists after Mount Barujari on Lombok island erupted on Tuesday
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016“….The 3,726 metre (12,224ft) high volcano sits within the Mount Rinjani caldera. Rinjani is among 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia – an archipelago prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes as it sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”…..”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-gtsESOBLA
Eruption of Mount Rinjani, Indonesia
November 7, 2015
Megi in Taiwan: 4 dead, at least 316 injured, & 2,700,000 left without electricity
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016“…..some 38 inches (1000 millimeters) of rain fell in Yilan County…..”
Houston, 9 wounded: A disgruntled lawyer wearing military-style apparel with old Nazi emblems had 2 weapons and more than 2,500 rounds of live ammo when he randomly shot at drivers before he was shot and killed by police.
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016Multistate Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Beef Products Produced by Adams Farm
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016CDC, multiple states, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli(http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/general/index.html)O157:H7 (STEC O157:H7) infections.
- Seven people infected with the outbreak strain of STEC O157:H7 have been reported from four states.
- Five ill people have been hospitalized. No one has developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure, and no deaths have been reported.
At A Glance
- Case Count: 7(http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2016/o157h7-09-16/epi.html)
- States: 4(http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2016/o157h7-09-16/map.html)
- Deaths: 0
- Hospitalizations: 5
- Recall: Yes(http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2016/o157h7-09-16/advice-consumers.html)
