Cascading, compounding crises. That's what's coming. https://twitter.com/dwallacewells/status/1245806732498087943
"The global system is currently on the brink of multiple simultaneous crises. Intersecting energy, economic and environmental crises have formed destabilizing amplifying feedback loops with social, political and cultural systems." — @NafeezAhmed

https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/coronavirus-synchronous-failure-and-the-global-phase-shift-3f00d4552940
Cascading, compounding crises.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus-spreads-african-countries-200313153229327.html

https://twitter.com/TRF_Climate/status/1246393325273272320
Cascading, compounding crises. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus-spreads-african-countries-200313153229327.html https://twitter.com/TRF_Climate/status/1246393325273272320
Cascading, compounding crises. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus-spreads-african-countries-200313153229327.html https://twitter.com/TRF_Climate/status/1246393325273272320
Cascading, compounding crises.

"Vanuatu has been in a state of emergency for weeks, with the country in effective lockdown. The border has been closed, and people have been ordered to stay home with gatherings of more than five people banned." https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1246780224228003840?s=20
"If things go as the experts expect, Europeans will not only face the prospect of movement restrictions necessitated by #COVIDー19, but will also have to suffer under extended periods of extreme heat."

https://www.dw.com/en/europes-hot-summer-weather-could-worsen-the-effects-of-covid-19/a-53089956
Cascading, compounding crises.

"There is a 70 percent chance of a major hurricane making landfall in the lower 48 states." ☝️

https://twitter.com/MichaelRLowry/status/1249061412896464896
As the pandemic continues in the US, forecasters predict for 2020:

⚠️a ~70% chance of a major hurricane strike
⚠️major to moderate flooding in 23 states by June
⚠️above-average heat through June
⚠️a summer with more wildfires in the West

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/stressed-by-coronavirus-first-responders-prep-for-a-dangerous-summer
"Storms, floods and fires will greet a crippled nation, its people sequestered inside homes, its workforce locked down, unable to procure even basic emergency and building supplies."

https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-change-wont-stop-for-the-coronavirus-pandemic
Cascading, compounding crises ... that's what's coming. https://twitter.com/JohnMoralesNBC6/status/1250513598788575234
"The world’s seas are simmering ... Parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans all hit the record books for warmth last month"

https://time.com/5824299/ocean-temperature-rise-climate-change/
"For the communities that already suffer disproportionate impacts from the virus, extreme heat will further complicate and worsen an already fraught situation."

https://truthout.org/articles/summer-heat-will-worsen-the-pandemic-for-poor-communities/
"Even in calm times, securing a coastal city before a tropical storm or fleeing from a wildfire can be chaotic and stressful. In a pandemic, the familiar playbook for responding to these emergencies is being rewritten."

https://www.circleofblue.org/2020/world/in-pandemic-new-thinking-on-responding-to-weather-disasters/
"The economic toll of the coronavirus is forcing cities and states to redirect money away from projects that provide climate resilience, in a shift that threatens to tackle one crisis at the expense of another."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/climate/coronavirus-cities-infrastructure-money.html
Cascading, compounding crises. https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1253667642952634368?s=20
"A tropical depression formed on Saturday in the Eastern Pacific Ocean well south of Baja California. This is the first April Eastern Pacific tropical depression on record."

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-04-25-tropical-depression-one-e-tropical-storm-amanda-eastern-pacific-0
"Congregating in cool public spaces may reduce the risk of heatstroke — but it may also put people at risk of spreading the new coronavirus. It's the latest conundrum facing public officials as the summer disaster season looms."

https://www.eenews.net/stories/1062989803
"its going to be really, really hard to wear a mask when it’s 95 [degrees] out"

https://twitter.com/jeffgoodell/status/1255480305135337475
Cascading, compounding crises. https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1256595497302753280
"What’s happening in Siberia is a preview of what’s to come in other parts of the world ... Climate change is complicating wildfire season ... and coronavirus will only complicate it further." https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1257013191890006016?s=20
Africa: cascading, compounding crises.

https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1250041850288898049
https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1259140939454582785
https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1258379097060900865
Africa: cascading, compounding crises. https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1250041850288898049 https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1259140939454582785 https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1258379097060900865
Africa: cascading, compounding crises. https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1250041850288898049 https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1259140939454582785 https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1258379097060900865
Australia: cascading, compounding crises.

"The more than 3,500 Australians whose homes were destroyed by last summer’s fires are facing a one-two punch of hardship that has few peacetime precedents and is generating growing concerns ..."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/world/australia/coronavirus-bushfires.html
Phillipines: cascading, compounding crises.

"This is really a nightmare for us here. Our problem right now is where to squeeze our people, while making sure they practice social distancing." https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1260955878984945667?s=20
Uganda: cascading, compounding crises.

"overcrowding in makeshift centres had complicated efforts to combat Covid-19 ... “I didn’t see anyone [displaced] in the camps with a mask ... There is overcrowding”"

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/16/people-are-desperate-floods-and-rock-slides-devastate-western-uganda
"While it’s not likely to be a blockbuster storm in terms of winds or rain, it will still be the first test of how hurricane season will go with the coronavirus layered on top."

https://earther.gizmodo.com/atlantic-hurricane-season-is-about-to-start-two-weeks-e-1843482473
https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1262010337659965441?s=20
Kenya: cascading, compounding crises. https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1262407172304130051?s=20
South Asia: cascading, compounding crises.
https://twitter.com/GhoshAmitav/status/1262222978244382723
Brazil: cascading, compounding crises.

"More blazes also mean more problems for the [collapsing] public health system. Last year’s fire crisis led to a spike in hospitalizations due to air pollution, especially of children, in the private & public sectors" https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1262466733123780612?s=20
Mediterranean: "a record heatwave has hit countries just as they cautiously ease Covid-19 lockdown ... the suffocating heat since the weekend is forecast to run for several more days."

#Cyprus, #Sicily, #Greece, #Israel, #Turkey, #Lebanon

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/coronavirus-confined-mediterranean-states-wilt-in-record-heatwave
South Asia: "Evacuation efforts had been hampered by the need to follow strict physical distancing precautions ... Many people had also refused to leave their homes and be moved to shelters for fear of contracting the virus."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/20/super-cyclone-amphan-evacuations-in-india-and-bangladesh-slowed-by-virus
Michigan: cascading, compounding crises.

COVID-19, dam failures, and flooding that threatens a Dow Chemical Facility "linked to a Superfund site because of the presence of the carcinogenic chemical dioxin in the riverbed downstream of the plant"

https://twitter.com/emma_newburger/status/1263135650796261377
"The coming Atlantic hurricane season is “expected to be a busy one” with the likelihood of as many as 19 named storms, including as many as 6 major hurricanes ..."

"could turn evacuation shelters into disease hot spots"

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/climate/hurricane-season-2020-noaa.html
#SouthAsia: "Authorities are now racing to provide relief efforts in communities already stricken by the coronavirus, hampered in many areas by heavy rains and fallen debris that has made roads impassible." https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1263555013936283649?s=20
"The extreme weather events of the last few days, coming on top of the coronavirus pandemic, throw into sharp relief, said @clequere ... the perils of underestimating the impact of compounding risks."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/climate/climate-change-coronavirus.html
#WesternAustralia: cascading, compounding crises.

"The bushfires come as a large part the state is also battling fierce storms." https://www.9news.com.au/national/western-australia-news-firefighters-battle-multiple-wa-bushfires-as-state-braces-for-storms/5163f427-e89d-4c98-bda6-b2c5036049bb
https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1264514422028066816?s=20
"If a big storm comes this summer, people in harm’s way may hear advice from the authorities that is somewhat contradictory and perhaps confusing: Stay at home & remain socially distant ... But leave home ... to be safe during a dangerous hurricane."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/us/hurricane-pandemic-coronavirus-florida.html
#India: cascading, compounding crises.

"recent locust attacks...might be the result of excess rainfall in March, April & the first half of May, along with the prevalence of northwesterly winds in the wake of Super #CycloneAmphan."

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-change/rains-wind-in-early-2020-have-caused-locust-attacks-in-up-mp-71362
https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1265014555987578880?s=20
#India: cascading, compounding crises.

50 C = 122 F.

Plus COVID-19 masks. https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1265354631753973761?s=20
#Chile: cascading, compounding crises.

https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/thetake/2020/05/chile-pandemic-exposes-water-divide-200529151613171.html
#US: cascading, compounding crises.

"States & cities have never had to respond to a large-scale natural disaster during a global pandemic. The usual support network from neighboring states is frayed because nearly everyone is trying to contain Covid-19."

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/01/pandemic-coronavirus-hurricane-season-291643
"a powder keg of risk and fear that could ultimately cost lives"

"“It’s a nightmare to think about a huge hurricane coming and people in town needing to go into shelters,” she said. “It’s the worst-case scenario in terms of exacerbating the pandemic.”"

https://twitter.com/afreedma/status/1269293943742750722
#Tucson: Cascading, compounding crises.

'"Residents should avoid close contact with those who are sick and should practice public health recommendations when relocating," the department stated in its evacuation notice."Grab your emergency go kit ..."'

https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1271538162972704774?s=20
Seems fine.
https://clovered.com/most-hurricane-prone-areas-in-united-states/
https://twitter.com/FridaGhitis/status/1271542930726100993
"The state has seen nearly 8,900 new cases this week with Friday's numbers reaching a record single-day high. In the last ten days, #Florida has seen an increase of over 1,000 daily cases of coronavirus nine times. The outlier, June 8, saw 966 new cases."

https://twitter.com/Newsweek/status/1271614815333691392?s=20
#Tucson: Cascading, compounding crises.

"FEMA & first responders have to rewrite their playbook. People fleeing their homes need to be socially distanced, instead of cramped in the mass shelters ... Smoke is also a bigger problem than ever before.

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/06/bighorn-fire-covid/
#US: Cascading, compounding crises.

"Coronavirus and the West’s wildfire season are on a collision course, with the virus on an upswing in several western states that are starting to see increased fire activity ..."

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1271916863841136640?s=20
#India: Cascading, compounding crises.

"the monsoon will also bring with it health challenges such as malaria, dengue and leptospirosis. This year, containing these illnesses will be more difficult due to the coronavirus pandemic"

https://www.hindustantimes.com/editorials/monsoon-will-bring-a-set-of-health-challenges/story-2BoRweDxWrEdmXpFeB1QML.html
Tropical Forest Regions: Cascading, compounding crises. https://twitter.com/DavidLWindt/status/1273352214556422151?s=20
Cascading, compounding crises: "The United States is facing an unprecedented trifecta: a pandemic, record unemployment, and summer temperatures that are forecast to be above average in much of the country."

(Also wildfires, hurricanes, ...)

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/06/summer-arrives-how-will-most-vulnerable-escape-deadly-heat-cvd/
"The COVID-19 pandemic has had a “cascading impact” on the way firefighters are battling wildfires in #NewMexico and elsewhere with a focus on “testing, tracing, waiting, wondering and taking resources off the board.”"

https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/wildland/news/21142662/nm-official-virus-creating-cascading-impact-on-wildfire-firefighters
https://twitter.com/Weather_West/status/1273391096094003200?s=20
#Arizona: Cascading, compounding crises.

"Massive wildfires are burning across Arizona, forcing thousands into evacuation while they also struggle to cope with an influx of coronavirus cases."

https://people.com/human-interest/arizona-wildfires-destroy-land-residents-evacuate-covid-cases-rise/
https://twitter.com/weathernetwork/status/1273389967125831681?s=20
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