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Death toll rises to 13 after record rain batters eastern Japan-Xinhua

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 6d ago
53 distinct posts / 48h, matching Death 31 Japan 22
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6d ago 1 death linked to Tropical Storm Lala as more than 100,000 remain without power in Hawaii https://www.wtae.com/article/hurricane-tropical-storm-lala-hawaii/73447364 -8.5
6d ago Did you get cooled off at least? Local flooding here in central Illinois, one death locally, several in Indiana. -7.0
6d ago The hurricane missed the islands but hit the Big Island. 1 death, 100 homes destroyed. We had power outage and a part of the stairs wall broke off from the gusts. -6.5
6d ago "In the Eye of the Storm" has recently captured my attention. And it seems from that like extremely granular data about what a hurricane or weather front is doing can be a matter of life and death. -2.0
6d ago #ClimateAction NOW! ...just because rain is coming and the heatwaves appear over does not disconnect them from the extreme weather coming our way in Autumn/ Winter..ALL a product of the human/ fo… -4.0
6d ago Heavy rains kill 1 in South Korea and flood major streets in Philippines: In South Korea, heavy rains since Saturday have caused significant damage in the southern region, resulting in one death fr… -6.0
6d ago Yes enjoy Drought, Wildfires, Death and everything else that comes with extreme heat. -9.0
6d ago Hurricane Lala produced heavy rain and strong winds of 120 km/h on August 15, leaving over 40,000 utility customers in Hawaii without power and causing significant damage, including one death and t… -5.0
6d ago Extreme weather events aren't all natural - they're getting worse b/c of Big Oil's negligence. Big Oil should be held accountable for the death & destruction caused by their products. @aaronregun… -6.0
6d ago Extreme weather events aren't all natural - they're getting worse b/c of Big Oil's negligence. Big Oil should be held accountable for the death & destruction caused by their products. @AaronRegun… -6.0
6d ago Ugh! What an ignorant and arrogant thing to say about a heat whose waves of 36 degrees has caused “thousands of deaths, millions of hospital visits and costing the UK an estimated £4bn in economic … -5.0
7d ago 1/ Today Scientists on Survival visited the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero to remind the government of the scientific facts. New oil and gas 🛢️ = more fire 🔥, more extreme weather ⛈️, … -8.0
7d ago Quite, although worth adding the death toll is already racking up, not just heat-related-deaths, but also violent conflict: the Syrian civil war started as the brutal supression of protests and soc… -8.0
7d ago Funny how the right wing press angry enough about plagiarism to hound a black man to death call protests against data centres Luddhites even though climate accelerating drought making data centre … -6.0
7d ago Flooding in Nigeria. The floods r causing death n destruction, but wondering if the Gods r replenishing water for us since the Shadow Elite r taking our water for 💵 n power. Elite won’t win over us… +1.5
7d ago "Storm-related car crash kills at least one person on Hawaii's Big Island during Hurricane Lala. Gov. Josh Green confirms death & 19 roofs torn off buildings." https://fefd.link/xb6Xr -7.0
7d ago 🚨 Story update: Thousands without power and at least 100 homes damaged after Tropical Storm Lala lashes Hawaii Death count removed; home damage… Now corroborated by 4 independent sources. Full tim… -7.5
7d ago 8/16: CBS Weekend News Lala drenched Hawaii in three feet of rain; death toll rose to seven from Midwest flooding. -6.5
7d ago Hawaii Tropical Storm Emergency Tropical Storm Lala weakened but caused major flooding and wind damage across Hawaii, leading to widespread outages and one confirmed death. #HawaiiStorm #Tropical… -6.0
7d ago It was West Virginia. I was 10. We were taking my sister to college. A flash flood swept our car into the river beside the road. The car was barely bobbing above the water. It was headed into a cul… -6.0
7d ago If anything, we need fewer babies, not MORE! The climate crisis will bring, prolonged unprecedented, drought, massive famine, heat, death galore. Who the HELL would want to bring children into that… -9.0
7d ago Hurricane Lala has made landfall on Hawaii's Big Island. Category 1. 80 mph winds. 1 death confirmed. 77+ flights cancelled. If you have employees there right now, your duty of care response start… -4.0
7d ago "Much hotter places operate perfectly happily". Does he mean the Sahara, Death Valley, Namibia's desert? Hot countries have infrastructure to deal with heat. UK is in drought, crops are failing… -4.0
7d ago Ah yes the lore I got scurvy as a kid Or do you mean the near death experiences at sea? I've had a few, most prominent I can think of is being on a fishing boat with pops and getting stuck in a h… -1.0
7d ago More water rescues early Sunday in Perry County, just days after going through major flooding that included water rescues and one death: www.10tv.com/article/news... -6.0
7d ago Book excerpt: Modesty on the line in “The Summer of Death” Geoff Williams' account of the deadly heat wave of 1936 includes one Kentucky city's efforts to arrest young women whose warm-weather att… -2.0
7d ago Hurricane Lala lashes Hawaii with strong winds and torrential rain: Hurricane Lala, a category one storm, has lashed Hawaii's Big Island with strong winds and torrential rain, causing at least one … -9.0
8d ago Hurricane Lala passed Hawaii's Big Island Saturday without making landfall. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rain, causing flooding and power outages. One death was reported in a car accide… -6.5
8d ago 🚨 Hurricane Lala skirted Hawaii's Big Island on August 15, 2026, causing one death and widespread damage. The storm brought 75 mph winds, flooding, power outages, and nearly 190 flight delays acros… -7.0
8d ago my only worry is wtf we will come back to. fires, drought, diminishing reservoirs, train derailments from overheated tracks, death. "the worst thing you could imagine" seems to now come into force… -3.5

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Tier Title Category Source Feeling SentimentSentiment Score (-5 to +5)
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The colored bar shows position on the scale. Emotion badge uses Plutchik's 8 primary emotions: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation.
T3 Death toll rises to 13 after record rain batters eastern Japan-Xinhua ⚖ Contested weather_flooding english.news.cn mourning, devastated, shaken
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sadness
T3 Heavy rain that battered Chiba leaves 13 dead weather_flooding japantoday.com tragic, mournful, devastating
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sadness