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How Illegal Coal Mining, Stone Extraction and Urbanisation Turned Assam's Monsoon Floods into a Disaster

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 8d ago
44 distinct posts / 48h, matching Coal 17 Turned 14 Stone 9 Mining 2 Extraction 2
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8d ago Severe Thunderstorm Over Amicalola Falls State Park or 8 Miles NW of Dawsonville Moving SE At 30 MPH. 60 MPH Wind Gusts, Penny Size Hail. Locations Impacted Include Gainesville, Cumming, Dahlonega,… -2.5
8d ago Severe Thunderstorm Near Olive Branch Moving E At 20 MPH. 60 MPH Wind Gusts. Locations Impacted Include Collierville, Germantown, Olive Branch, Senatobia, Memphis, Byhalia, Barr, SE Memphis, Indepe… -5.2
8d ago #ClimateWhiplash #PolarVortex #JetStream #HeatDomes #OmegaBlockingPatterns #ExtremeHeat #Drought #FlashDrought #Fire #BurnScars #Precipitation #AtmosphericRivers #Floods #FlashFloods #PolarOutbreak… -5.0
8d ago Closely monitoring is code for continuing to protect coal and gas industries and deny climate change science. These extreme weather patterns have been predicted for at least 50 years. -5.0
8d ago #Oscillations #ENSO #ElNiño #OceanHeat #ExtremeHeat #Drought #Fire #Precipitation #ExtremeWeather #Acidification #Hypoxia #CoralReefs #TippingPoints #BiodiversityLoss #Extinction #Food #ThermalExpa… -5.0
8d ago bsky.app/profile/weat... #Drought #FlashDrought #VapourPressureDeficit #HeatStress #ExtremeHeat #RecordHeat #HeatWaves #Water #Aquifers #GroundWater #LimitsToGrowth #Food #Agriculture #CropLosses… ×2 -5.0
8d ago www.reuters.com/business/env... #Drought #ExtremeHeat #RecordHeat #HeatWaves #Water #Aquifers #GroundWater #LimitsToGrowth #Food #Agriculture #CropLosses #SupplyChains #HumanDisplacement #Oil #Coa… -3.5
9d ago 3 NNW Coal Fork [Kanawha Co, WV] 911 Call Center reports Flash Flood at 16 Aug, 8:52 PM EDT -- Several reports of high water across road in the area where Rutledge Road, Clover Dri... at Mon, 17 Au… -6.0
9d ago At 8:52 PM EDT, 3 NNW Coal Fork [Kanawha Co, WV] 911 Call Center reports Flash Flood. Several reports of high water across road in the area where Rutledge Road, Clover Drive and Valley Grove Road m… -4.5
9d ago At 9:06 PM EDT, 1 NE Coal Fork [Kanawha Co, WV] 911 Call Center reports Flash Flood. High water on Campbells Creek Drive at Point Lick Drive at 906 PM as well as at nearby Bays Drive at 946 PM. #wv… -3.8
9d ago Destroyed homes, soaring insurance, forced relocations, and more: climate change-fuelled sea level rise and coastal flooding are costing communities and local governments millions. The coal, oil,… -6.0
9d ago Severe Thunderstorm Over Wolf Coal or 11 Miles S of Jackson Moving SE At 45 MPH. 60 MPH Wind Gusts. The Storm will Be Near Lamont Around 1005 PM. Around 1010 PM. Bulan Around 1015 PM. Cordia Around… -3.0
9d ago At 7:21 PM EDT, 1 NE Coal Fork [Kanawha Co, WV] 911 Call Center reports Flash Flood. Water over Bays Drive in 700 block in Campbells Creek. #wvwx Link -3.5
9d ago At 6:48 PM EDT, 2 NE Coal Fork [Kanawha Co, WV] 911 Call Center reports Flash Flood. Water over Campbells Creek Road at Big Bottom Hollow Road in Tad. #wvwx Link -4.0
9d ago At 6:36 PM EDT, 4 ENE Coal Fork [Kanawha Co, WV] 911 Call Center reports Flash Flood. Campbells Creek Drive flooded in the 4700 block near Cinco Lighthouse Wesleyan Church. #wvwx Link -4.5
9d ago bsky.app/profile/subf... #Cryosphere #Glaciers #RateOfChange #ExtremeHeat #RecordHeat #Permafrost #Landslides #Drought #SnowDrought #GlacialLakeOutburstFloods #Floods #Water #Food #Health #HumanD… -4.5
8d ago I see Richard Tice has been mining the Pistonheads forums for his views on recent heatwave, including a 1976 greatest hits piece. The UK had three days hotter than 36C in the entire 20th century an… -3.5
9d ago Short walk home from my mum's just now. Felt a few spots of rain, but everywhere still so parched. Prenton Brook was completely dry, and the Landican Lane pond reduced to a mere puddle, choked with… -4.0
8d ago At 7:51 PM EDT, 1 SE Ripley [Jackson Co, WV] 911 Call Center reports Flash Flood. OLD STONE RIDGE RD flooded. #wvwx Link -4.0
8d ago The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Stone, MS beginning at 5:16 pm and ending at 6:01 pm -3.4
8d ago MOB issues A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL STONE COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM CDT [wind: 50 MPH, hail: 0.00 IN] at Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:47:06 +0000 via IEMbot Additional Details Here. -3.5
8d ago A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL STONE COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM CDT [wind: 50 MPH, hail: 0.00 IN] Link -3.5
8d ago Last night's deterministic model runs are close to set and stone for (at least) a Cascade/E WA thunderstorm event on August 21-22. W WA t-storms still in question. #wawx +1.0
8d ago by @thehungaryreport.com 1/2 “The drought and the falling Danube forced Péter Magyar’s government into a very different part of its inheritance. Suddenly, the problem was more physical: water level… -4.0
9d ago A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM CDT [wind: 50 MPH, hail: 0.25 IN] Link -4.0
9d ago Continued Event - Extreme Heat Warning for Barry, Stone, Taney +1 more | Heat Index: 110 F | Expires at 8:00 PM 8/16/26. https://greenewx.com/maps/maps/urn_oid_2_49_0_1_840_0_e6b4e286f3805779681659… -3.0
10d ago Continued Event - Extreme Heat Warning for Barry, Stone, Taney +1 more | Heat Index: 110 F | Expires at 8:00 PM 8/16/26. https://greenewx.com/maps/maps/urn_oid_2_49_0_1_840_0_51e85003dc2de42af234cc… -2.0
8d ago The Climate Crisis in action and tangible to the average consumer. Carbon pollution from oil extraction and refining, industries and internal combustion engines(cars, lawnmowers etc.) heats the pla… -4.0
9d ago North Sea fossil fuels could help bridge the gap to clean energy, says Burnham Majority of Britons share prime minister’s pragmatic view of oil and gas extraction, reveals poll, as country endures… -1.5
8d ago Megadrought https://ift.tt/R63ho1G Global warming has turned a long-term drought into a megadrought with no end in sight. via azdailysun.com - RSS Results https://ift.tt/trlBMUj August 17, 2026… -7.0

Articles in Story

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T3 How Illegal Coal Mining, Stone Extraction and Urbanisation Turned Assam's Monsoon Floods into a Disaster ⚖ Contested weather_flooding openthemagazine.com devastating, negligent, preventable
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T3 Assam cannot halt mining in Nagaland, flood link needs scientific study: Himanta weather_flooding indiatimes.com skeptical, unresolved, cautious
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T3 Assam CM Raises Nagaland Mining Issue, Seeks Flood Study weather_flooding newkerala.com concerned, proactive, investigative
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anticipation
T3 Assam CM raises Nagaland mining issue with Centre, seeks scientific study on floods weather_flooding prokerala.com concerned, investigative, hopeful
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T3 Flood in Assam due to Nagaland mining, will take up with Centre: Himanta Biswa Sarma ⚖ Contested weather_flooding thehindu.com outraged, negligent, urgent
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