Unprecedented extreme weather events are shaking up the world. These events have had an impact on communities and their environment. People are in critical need of relief aid, while relief workers only try their best to “repair” the damage and bring aid to those in need. But let us not forget the organizations responsible for causing such devastation: the fossil fuel industry. They are the ones responsible for producing the emissions that are causing global warming; the meat industry, too, is creating those emissions; Governments also do so: by not setting adequate policies that protect the atmosphere; and the forest and lumber industries, by destroying the trees that clean our atmosphere.
Flooding in Valencia, Spain
In early November, after Valencia was hit hard by extreme rain, the king and queen of Spain visited and were pelted with mud in an outbreak of anger over the failing flood relief. That aid wouldn't be necessary if fossil fuels weren’t burned in the first place. The 200+ deaths, the homeless, and the damage were all unnecessary.
Valencia flooding
Hurricane Milton in Florida USA
The response by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency of the US) after hurricane Milton was similar. FEMA was already overburdened and short on funds with the aftermath of hurricane Helene, when hurricane Milton made landfall less than two weeks later. Hurricanes have always existed in this area. The point is, failing government policies and a fossil fuel industry determined to poison our atmosphere have combined to strengthen and increase the frequency of these hurricanes, while the King took the mud.
Hurricane Milton
The media bias
The media has a great influence on public opinion, so the media also has a responsibility to report truthfully on events and their causes. But again, the media failed to recognise the responsibility of the fossil fuel industry, and failed to report on deadly weather extremes in other parts of the world.
Other fossil fuel aggravated disasters:
Spain: after Valencia, flooding sweeps across Malaga
Taiwan hit by super typhoon Kong-rey
Floods in Spain: at least 217 dead
Cost of natural catastrophes to 30 September 2024
Flooding in France: 350 to 420 million EUR in insured losses
Hurricane Milton: 20 to 60 billion USD in insured losses
Hurricane Helene: loss estimates
Floods in Thailand: estimated insured losses
Hurricane Helene wreaks havoc in the USA
Deadly floods in Nepal
Storm Boris: estimate of insured losses
Deadly floods in central Japan
Storm “Boris” sweeps through Central Europe
From Mali to Sudan, floods turn Sahara into an ocean
Los Angeles threatened by three uncontrolled fires
Bad weather and flooding in Chad
Typhoon Yagi wreaks havoc in Asia
Flooding in Morocco and Algeria
India and Pakistan hit by deadly floods
Park Fire: fire fighters battle California's seventh-largest wildfire
Hurricane Beryl strikes Jamaica and makes its way to Mexico
Southern China devastated by deadly floods
Landslide: More than 2000 people buried alive in Papua New Guinea
Southern Brazil stricken by unprecedented flooding
Floods and cold lava flows in Indonesia
Deadly floods in Tanzania and Kenya
Deadly floods in China
Unprecedented floods in Dubai, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar
Texas ravaged by the largest wildfires in its history
Cyclone Belal in Réunion Island: 108.3 million USD in insured losses
Cyclone Belal sweeps across Mauritius
A heavy cold wave sweeps across Northern Europe
Severe storms in Australia
Typhoon Nanmadol: final estimate of insured losses
Libya floods: 11 300 dead and thousands missing
Let’s direct our anger toward the organizations responsible, the climate crisis is:
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