My friend in British Columbia has sent me more dispatches from the front line of climate catastrophe. Many communities are surrounded by floodwater, which has now frozen, probably for the entire winter. God knows what they will do.
Here are some photos.
Here are some photos.
I guess it's kind of inevitable that one of the worst-afflicted places is a town called Hope.
This river has now been forced out of its bed by the sediments deposited in the floods, and is instead flowing down a street in the town of Merritt.
All this is happening in a place that until this year seemed relatively safe from climate breakdown.
castanet.net/news/Kamloops/…
All this is happening in a place that until this year seemed relatively safe from climate breakdown.
castanet.net/news/Kamloops/…
First the devastating heat dome, droughts and fires. Now, floods and landslides, caused by a terrible combination of record, climate-induced rainfall landing on hillsides whose trees have been burnt and soil baked. A compound climate disaster.
Where will be next?
Where will be next?
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