23rd June - Today's News: Flash Floods Kill Dozens in Brazil
Off home to Essan on Friday so this will most likely be my last entry for a week or so. Hopefully when I get back, severe floods will not still be the big news story! But at the moment they're afflicting 5 continents:
Brazil flash floods kill dozens and leave 1,000 missing
Dyke breached again in sodden China whilst, as of Tuesday, South China floods toll rises to 199 - with many still missing. More rain is forecast.
Maple Creek, Trans-Canada highway devastated by flooding and in the USA, storms spew funnel clouds, flash floods in Midwest
Ghana's army and navy battle deadly Accra floods
Heavy rainfall floods cities and towns in northern Bosnia
150,000 marooned by Bangladesh floods
No such problems in Britain at the moment though as we enjoy a spell of warm sunny weather with thunderstorms at the weekend - the latter more likely on Sunday and into next week. And in Scotland, warm weather sparks plea over deliberately-set fires.
Heavy snow falls in the South Island of New Zealand
Sadly, I'm never quite sure what to believe in the Daily Telegraph these days, but they reported a few days ago that British firms paid to shut down wind farms when the wind is blowing - the story does have a ring of truth about it because when demand for electricity is low (middle of the night, for example) there may well be no need for the power generated by these turbines. Especially since, unlike conventional power stations, we can't actually predict how much power they will be producing at any given time. However, conventional power stations also get paid to turn off their turbines when power is not required ..... And whilst the sum given in the story is much higher than usual, there may well be a reason for this. So not quite so sensational as might at first seem.
Brazil flash floods kill dozens and leave 1,000 missing
Dyke breached again in sodden China whilst, as of Tuesday, South China floods toll rises to 199 - with many still missing. More rain is forecast.
Maple Creek, Trans-Canada highway devastated by flooding and in the USA, storms spew funnel clouds, flash floods in Midwest
Ghana's army and navy battle deadly Accra floods
Heavy rainfall floods cities and towns in northern Bosnia
150,000 marooned by Bangladesh floods
No such problems in Britain at the moment though as we enjoy a spell of warm sunny weather with thunderstorms at the weekend - the latter more likely on Sunday and into next week. And in Scotland, warm weather sparks plea over deliberately-set fires.
Heavy snow falls in the South Island of New Zealand
Sadly, I'm never quite sure what to believe in the Daily Telegraph these days, but they reported a few days ago that British firms paid to shut down wind farms when the wind is blowing - the story does have a ring of truth about it because when demand for electricity is low (middle of the night, for example) there may well be no need for the power generated by these turbines. Especially since, unlike conventional power stations, we can't actually predict how much power they will be producing at any given time. However, conventional power stations also get paid to turn off their turbines when power is not required ..... And whilst the sum given in the story is much higher than usual, there may well be a reason for this. So not quite so sensational as might at first seem.
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