Thursday, November 12, 2009

Floods And Climate Change

The caption to this picture from News24 reads:
"FLOODED:A cyclist wades through floods in northern Tanzania. Flooding in the country has killed at least 20 people following three days of torrential rains. (AFP).

The caption to this picture from the Mail & Guardian reads:
Storm warning: A man walks through a flooded street during rain in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday. Cyclone Phyan moved toward India's western coast as authorities sounded an alert and shut schools and offices in anticipation of its arrival. (Rajanish Kakade, AP)

Last week reports said that my hometown of Kimberley experienced the worst flooding from torrential rains in recorded history.

Many homes were left without electricity for days as emergency crews scrambled to deal with the damage from the floods.

Reports also described the damage done to the habitat of the Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam on the Joburg road leading into Kimberley.

Our world ... she is changing.

Onward!

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