Iman Hanna

Monday, August 28, 2023 01:00 AM

Waves of bad weather continue to sweep the world between earthquakes and earthquakesflood And fire, and on the other hand, countries are developing contingency plans to face these disasters. The Prime Minister of Mauritania, Eng. Mohamed Ould Bilal called on his government to develop an emergency response plan to prepare for the expected. Floods in the future.

Over the past weeks, Mauritania has seen dozens of people die as a result of flooding, and people have suffered from interruptions in electricity and water services and communications.

While UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Dürk warned that climate change portends a dire, “truly terrifying” future of hunger and suffering, he criticized the way world leaders have long ignored the climate crisis and dealt with the crisis. .

A devastating Philippine typhoon

From floods to typhoons, the effects of climate change continue, rescue officials in the Philippines said on Sunday, as hundreds of residents fled their homes after floods from Typhoon Chayola swept through several villages in the country’s northeast. According to Channel Philippines (ABS-CBN).

For his part, Cagayan Provincial Rescue Officer Ruly Rapseng said, “A total of 388 people have been evacuated due to flooding in 4 towns in the province, while water levels are rising in two additional towns,” he added. He pointed out that the wind was not strong, but heavy rain fell on Saturday evening, causing widespread power outages across Cagayan province, which has a population of 1.2 million.

And the typhoon moved to the northeastern part of the main island of Luzon, with winds of 185 kilometers per hour, moved to areas in the city of “Dejijurao”, the capital of Cagayan province, then the typhoon moved south from the east coast. Early in the morning of Luzon Island, as expected by the Philippine Meteorological Agency, the storm will remain in coastal waters before making landfall, with up to 200 mm of rain expected throughout the day along the coasts of Cagayan and Isabela provinces.

Heavy rains and heavy rains in Saudi Arabia

In this case, Saudi Arabia’s National Meteorological Center has expected moderate to heavy thunderstorms this Sunday; This will lead to surface wind activity that can stir dust and dust in Makkah al-Mukharramah, Jizan, Asir and al-Baha, and lead to the flow of heavy rain with hail and extension to southern areas. According to Medina, “before”.

The Center indicated that surface wind movement over the Red Sea is 20-50 km/h northwest to west in the north and 15-30 km/h northwest-southwest; Rain clouds formed in the central and southern areas, with wave heights of one and a half to two and a half meters in the north and half a meter to one meter, reaching a speed of 45 kmph. Thunder clouds with a height of more than two meters are formed in the central and southern regions.

Florida emergency

Meanwhile, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for much of the state along the Gulf Coast, as meteorologists warned of possible flash flooding and landslides across the eastern Yucatan Peninsula and western Cuba. , with the system expected to change, the weather off the coast of Mexico will become a tropical storm in the next hours. According to the news agency (Associated Press).

The National Hurricane Center has issued a warning for Sunday Weather fluctuations Dangerous storms will lead to heavy rain and strong winds along Florida’s Gulf Coast and Panhandle in the coming hours.

DeSantis’ emergency declaration covers the Gulf Coast from the southwestern city of Fort Myers north through Panama City in the Panhandle, covering 33 of the state’s 67 counties.

The Hurricane Center said, “There is a 70% chance this system will become a tropical storm by tomorrow Monday, usually a 90% chance, if no other tropical storm forms and it is currently called ‘Adalia.'” Before that, and forecast models did not show the storm’s center near parts of southwest Florida. , where last year’s deadly Hurricane Ian hit.

Forecasts suggest the storm will curve toward northeast Florida, make landfall on the Gulf Coast north of Tampa, near Big Bend, and then re-emerge in the Atlantic near southeast Georgia.

So far this year, the U.S. East Coast has been spared hurricanes, but Western Tropical Storm Hillary earlier this month caused widespread flooding, mudslides and road closures as far north as Mexico, California and Nevada, while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the 2023 hurricane season will be busier than initially expected. Weather forecasters have recently revealed that, in part due to extremely warm sea temperatures, the season will last until November 30, with August and September usually peaking.