#1 Armies of Locusts
As I detailed
the other day, swarms of locusts the size of major cities have
been devouring entire farms in Africa
in as little as 30 seconds.
These swarms
have also been spreading throughout the Middle East, and now we
have learned
that they have even reached China…
A gigantic
swarm of locusts that belong to a plague that has ravaged
millions of acres of crops across east Africa has been
spotted reaching the Chinese border.
Billions of
the insects have destroyed food supplies across Kenya,
Somalia and Ethiopia in what has been described as the worst
plague for decades.
#2 Extremely Bizarre Weather
Patterns
It is almost as
if virtually all of the old rules have suddenly been thrown out
the window.
An all-time record
209 mph wind gust just hit California, and absolutely crazy
storms are happening all over the planet.
For example,
just check out what just took place
in Australia…
Sydney has
been thrown into chaos by a devastating storm that saw two
months of rainfall in just two days - forcing mass
evacuations, leaving 150,000 homes without power, and
prompted warnings not to drive to work.
The storm
dumped 400mm of rain on the city over the weekend, causing
mayhem for commuters on Monday morning with roads blocked,
ferries canceled and trains suffering major delays across
the network.
#3 Unprecedented Flooding
We are seeing
unusual flooding all over the world right now, and the flooding
that is devastating the southern U.S. at this moment is being
called "unprecedented"…
In Jackson,
Mississippi, hundreds of residents either watched their
homes flood over the weekend or worried their residence
would soon be drenched as the Pearl River crested Monday at
36.8 feet, its third-highest level ever recorded - behind
only 1979 and 1983.
Calling the
Jackson floods "historic" and "unprecedented," Mississippi
Gov. Tate Reeves said in a Sunday press conference that,
"we do
not anticipate this situation to end anytime soon. It
will be days before we are out of the woods and the
waters recede."
#4 Major Earthquakes
Really big
earthquakes are happening with such frequency now that it is
very difficult for me to write about them all.
For example, a
magnitude 7.7 quake recently struck off of the coast of Jamaica,
but I have been so busy writing about other disasters that I
have not even mentioned it
until now…
A magnitude
7.7 earthquake struck Tuesday about 80 miles from Jamaica,
shaking people in the Caribbean and as far away as Miami.
A tsunami
of 0.4 feet was recorded in the Cayman Islands at George
Town, but no tsunami was observed at Port Royal, Jamaica, or
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
#5 Unusual Volcanic Eruptions
Seismic
activity has been rising all over the globe, and over the past
couple of months we have seen
volcanoes all over the world pop
off like firecrackers.
One of the most
notable eruptions that we have seen in recent days was the most
powerful eruption of
Mount Merapi -
in 90 years…
One of
Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, Mount Merapi just
experienced its most powerful eruption since 1930!
The
eruption reportedly took place on Thursday and was caught on
video displaying a powerful and terrifying eruption showing
the moment the crater exploded and launched lava and ash an
estimated 2,000 meters into the air forcing local residents
to stay outside of the designated no-go zone 3km (1.8 miles)
from the crater.
#6 The Coronavirus
Needless to
say, the
coronavirus outbreak in China has been getting more
headlines than anything else on this list.
The numbers
continue to rise, and many are speculating that this could
potentially become the worst global pandemic since the Spanish
Flu pandemic of 1918.
In a desperate
attempt to keep the truth from getting out, the World Health
Organization (WHO) is asking the major social media companies
to censor their users…
The World
Health Organization has held talks with tech giants to stop
the spread of coronavirus "misinformation," despite the fact
that some things once labeled "misinformation" have since
turned out to be true.
The meeting
was organized by the WHO but hosted by
Facebook at its Menlo
Park campus in California.
Attendees
included representatives from,
-
Amazon
-
Twilio
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Dropbox
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Google
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Verizon
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Salesforce
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Twitter
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YouTube
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Airbnb
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Kinsa
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Mapbox
#7 The African Swine Fever
"Pig Ebola"
(african
swine fever) has
already wiped out
millions upon millions of pigs in China, and it has now
spread to more than 40 other countries.
The price of
pork is absolutely skyrocketing in China right now, and to help
fill the demand the Chinese are increasingly importing pork
from U.S. sources…
Tyson Foods
Inc. says it’s just starting to see the benefits of the
African swine fever outbreak in China, which includes a 600%
year-over-year increase in pork orders to China in the
fiscal first quarter.
#8 The H1N1 Swine Flu
Unlike the
African Swine Fever, the
H1N1 Swine Flu can actually kill
humans. In fact, it has already killed more people outside of
China than the coronavirus outbreak has.
For instance,
13 people in Taiwan died from the virus
in one recent week alone…
As of now,
the H1N1 virus is posing a great threat once again as it has
claimed 13 lives in Taiwan in the last week.
This virus
is highly contagious and is known to spread from human to
human.
It is
especially dangerous for those with a compromised immune
system like those suffering from chronic medical conditions
and long-term health conditions.
#9 The H5N1 Bird Flu
This strain of
the bird flu caused a massive global scare a number of years
ago, and now it is experiencing a stunning resurgence.
China has had
to kill
thousands of chickens so far, and experts are warning that
this outbreak could be just getting started…
China also
is reportedly dealing with an outbreak of the deadly H5N1
bird flu in chickens in the Hunan province, an area that
borders the province where the coronavirus emerged,
according to the South China Morning Post.
As of Feb.
1, local authorities had culled 17,828 poultry after the
H5NI outbreak, according to a statement by China’s Ministry
of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
#10 The H5N8 Bird Flu
This strain
H5N8 is
different from the H5N1 bird flu, but many believe that it is
even more frightening.
It has started
to pop up in numerous places around the globe, and experts were
really surprised when it recently made an appearance
in Germany…
Germany has
reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu
virus in a backyard in the southwestern part of the country,
the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on
Monday.
The virus
killed 44 birds out of a flock of 69 in Bretzfeld, in the
Baden-Wurttemberg region, the Paris-based OIE said, citing a
report from Germany’s food and agriculture ministry.
