LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-28T15:55:55Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:35CACD54-707B-43FA-93FB-539D6D4FA6B5'Unprecedented' Siberian Oil Spill Reaches Arctic Glacial Lake 2020-06-09T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Norilsk, Krasnoyarskiy, Russia</h3><p>June 9, 2020</p><p>President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency last Wednesday, several days after 21,000 metric tons of diesel leaked from a collapsed fuel tank outside the city of Norilsk.The pollution now risks running north into the Arctic Ocean.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F6F9F095-BA02-4AE9-8360-115BFE097BA5'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/35CACD54-707B-43FA-93FB-539D6D4FA6B5'>Read more...</a></p></div>69.3535 88.2027uuid:C8E32F95-8030-44AF-A862-9D268C0B45B2Shiveluch Volcano Erupts in Eastern Russia2017-05-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Shiveluch Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia</h3><p>May 12, 2017</p><p>The Shiveluch volcano in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka region has erupted, spewing ash some 13km above sea level.Officials from the region's Emergency Situations Ministry have confirmed that the ash is not expected to land on nearby settlements, Meanwhile a "red warning" has been issued to passing planes, urging them to avoid the site.The Shiveluch volcano is extimated to be between 60,000 and 70,000 years old.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F48610A8-BEC8-4016-9494-0CA742F1BF07'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/C8E32F95-8030-44AF-A862-9D268C0B45B2'>Read more...</a></p></div>54.792240037869 159.492689191768uuid:D324F816-B637-4ED6-8D17-1CDBBF91C848Russia’s 2020 Wildfires Cover Greece-Sized Area 2020-06-03T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarskiy, Russia</h3><p>June 3, 2020</p><p>Wildfires in Russia have burned across a combined area the size of Greece so far in 2020, surpassing official estimates threefold. Experts warn that this year’s blazes could become the most destructive in history.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7E8058CF-EC08-4B5B-B036-F8CDB50EAC91'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/D324F816-B637-4ED6-8D17-1CDBBF91C848'>Read more...</a></p></div>56.01839 92.86717uuid:0B780809-909F-46FE-B092-AEA288746FCBDevastating floods, and also landslides and sinkholes2020-01-09T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Cromer, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom</h3><p>January 9, 2020</p><p>Heavy rainfalls over the past few months have done more than unleash devastating floods. A landslide caused by heavy rain left three caravan holiday homes teetering on the brink of a cliff at Trimingham, near Cromer on the Norfolk coast, on Monday (News, January 8).And over the past six months th</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/281AC355-86D1-4098-B0ED-F7B4E1D73081'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/0B780809-909F-46FE-B092-AEA288746FCB'>Read more...</a></p></div>52.931 1.302uuid:4208854A-6945-4FFF-947C-8260077E6C80President Tokayev Arrives in Kostanai Region as Forest Fires Burn Record 43,000 Hectares 2022-09-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Аманкарагай, Әулиекөл, Kostanay, Kazakhstan</h3><p>September 5, 2022</p><p>The Kostanai Region declared a state of emergency on Sept. 4 after forest fires burned a record 43,000 hectares (the size of Сarribean Barbados island) and forced an evacuation of 1,841 people. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/34BEB465-F24F-4977-96C1-9AA03C9384BA'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4208854A-6945-4FFF-947C-8260077E6C80'>Read more...</a></p></div>52.40230601 64.081748994uuid:8D183812-0F92-4805-9E64-851CF5F32642First Tulips Bloom Ahead of Schedule2022-03-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan</h3><p>March 6, 2022</p><p>Tulips of the Korolkov variety (Tulipa korolkowii) have started to bloom a month early in the southern Zhambyl region. The air temperature has hovered around 16 degrees Celsius since mid-February.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/84100FA3-BCF5-4546-9C78-81F0DC06C757'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/8D183812-0F92-4805-9E64-851CF5F32642'>Read more...</a></p></div>51.18333 71.4uuid:D08E4D85-0022-4F6E-A1FC-28A43215111EOver 1,000 families flee Davao del Norte floods 2021-04-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>New Visayas, Davao, Philippines</h3><p>April 11, 2021</p><p>At least 1,130 families in some villages in Santo Tomas town in Davao del Norte were displaced by flash floods early morning of April 11, 2021. The Santo Tomas LGU, together with these three affected barangay (villages), are set to discuss the reoccurring flooding issue attributed to the various drainage canals or the lack of them.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/BCCE75C4-8E71-4F68-A049-4FA32D8F8F36'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/D08E4D85-0022-4F6E-A1FC-28A43215111E'>Read more...</a></p></div>7.53 125.62uuid:EB950043-6B8E-47A2-8EF1-CECCB0DF7CFFJakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater2017-12-21T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bukit Duri, Jakarta, Indonesia</h3><p>December 21, 2017</p><p>Countless human-made troubles in the Indonesian capital pose an imminent threat to the city’s survival. And it has to deal with mounting threats from climate change.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/C9A043A2-890C-4693-8AE1-21234008572C'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/EB950043-6B8E-47A2-8EF1-CECCB0DF7CFF'>Read more...</a></p></div>uuid:936601D6-9209-48ED-9FC4-CA0CC9832FC9At least 34 dead after Uganda landslide 2018-10-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bukalasi, Uganda</h3><p>October 12, 2018</p><p>At least 34 people have been killed after a river in eastern Uganda burst its banks, sending thick sludge and rocks barreling into homes.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/36404E6B-EFAD-4F5C-82A5-F69FF934AE80'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/936601D6-9209-48ED-9FC4-CA0CC9832FC9'>Read more...</a></p></div>1.00670034919067 34.4022138230503uuid:00C5C76E-843C-476A-AD53-D79990D12E39How Global Warming Fueled Five Extreme Weather Events2017-12-14T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>December 14, 2017</p><p>Scientists analyzed 27 extreme weather events from 2016 and found that global warming was a “significant driver” for most of them. We look at five cases.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/93BED8E2-7545-485F-BF7D-CD6900089122'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/00C5C76E-843C-476A-AD53-D79990D12E39'>Read more...</a></p></div>0 0uuid:71EEC1A5-B867-475B-9EF8-AE78DA895ACCHurricane Maria Makes Landfall in Dominica as Other Islands Brace for Potential Disaster2017-09-18T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Dominican Republic, Caribbean</h3><p>September 18, 2017</p><p>Hurricane Maria barreled through the islands that curve through the Caribbean.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/8F6921DE-9AFE-4802-A0EA-5F2EC899958D'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/71EEC1A5-B867-475B-9EF8-AE78DA895ACC'>Read more...</a></p></div>19.3318784408188 -70.751953125uuid:6610A5C1-E9B2-4D57-A0B5-72C4CB36866BWildfires in Northern California Kill at Least One and Destroy 1,500 Buildings2017-10-09T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Glen Ellen, California, United States</h3><p>October 9, 2017</p><p>Mass evacuations were ordered in what is being called one of the most destructive fire emergencies in the state’s history.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/751029A4-CAE4-4471-B549-640D07D4EFF9'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/6610A5C1-E9B2-4D57-A0B5-72C4CB36866B'>Read more...</a></p></div>38.36408 -122.52415uuid:0B27EF54-11AA-438A-B438-15DF9D5ECE58Officials resort to artificial rain to tackle raging wildfires in Siberia2017-07-24T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Yakutsk, Sakha, Russia</h3><p>July 24, 2017</p><p>Fires have wreaked havoc this summer with Yakutia and the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous the latest to be hard hit.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/91CAD44A-0C28-45C8-9AFD-341B2E74B888'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/0B27EF54-11AA-438A-B438-15DF9D5ECE58'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.03389 129.73306uuid:37ECD4BB-4AF7-4F31-9C06-90982C3B5DBCGas pipelines supplying Europe 'in real danger from exploding tundra' - top scientist2017-07-10T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Yamal Region, Russia</h3><p>July 10, 2017</p><p>Pipes are built over bulging and unstable Arctic pingos prone to violent eruptions caused by 'thawing methane gas', as seen twice on the Yamal peninsula this year.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/39952F32-AEF6-4DA0-8135-5FEF27DC6388'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/37ECD4BB-4AF7-4F31-9C06-90982C3B5DBC'>Read more...</a></p></div>66.1249623648797 78.3984375uuid:8FFCC0BB-BFB5-4BAC-B6F2-69C8B6348472‘It Burns and It Keeps Burning’: Scenes From Southern California’s Wildfires2017-12-07T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Los Angeles, California, United States</h3><p>December 7, 2017</p><p>Wildfires have burned more than 100,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Fighting them were professionals and homeowners with garden hoses.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/73425357-0A4F-4412-9420-6E02BC06BA3F'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/8FFCC0BB-BFB5-4BAC-B6F2-69C8B6348472'>Read more...</a></p></div>33.9433599465788 -118.2568359375uuid:9BD654D8-E738-4090-B656-C1F92F994209Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing2017-08-23T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Y-K Delta Southwest, Alaska, United States</h3><p>August 23, 2017</p><p>The loss of frozen ground in Arctic regions is a striking result of climate change. And it is also a cause of more warming to come.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F224F1F2-3A53-49B2-BF98-081275A160EE'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/9BD654D8-E738-4090-B656-C1F92F994209'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.6481624585239 -161.2353515625uuid:B426E293-67F5-49FE-9DD6-6DC2570CD6D1Unmasked: the scale of Arctic junk polluting the pristine environment2016-12-15T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kotelny island, Yakutia Region, Russia</h3><p>December 15, 2016</p><p>One region alone - Yakutia - has 5 million tons scrap metal dumped in polar regions, an ugly Soviet legacy.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/073CA930-E5E6-4ADF-9757-CE9A1F5AD21F'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B426E293-67F5-49FE-9DD6-6DC2570CD6D1'>Read more...</a></p></div>75.320025232208 140.69091796875uuid:8C20B9E7-0651-4999-A5C6-DC684C212CC6Dam burst in Krasnoyarsk region: 10 dead, another 10 missing, 14 injured, 130 evacuated2019-10-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>South of Krasnoyarsk</h3><p>October 19, 2019</p><p>Flood on Seyba River at gold mining facility leads to major emergency after accident near Shchetinkino village.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/675596F3-25E6-4C18-972A-AA0A66882FEF'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/8C20B9E7-0651-4999-A5C6-DC684C212CC6'>Read more...</a></p></div>55.3666248492863 93.18603515625uuid:9E0C6FAD-E7EE-4971-BB7A-52A1E16AD722A large new ‘hole’ appears in Gydan tundra, following record-warm Arctic summer2020-09-17T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>село Гыда, Тазовский район, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia</h3><p>September 17, 2020</p><p>A 200 metres wide thermocirque is discovered only weeks after scientists find funnel in the Yamal peninsula, caused by build up of methane.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/93EB0014-1994-48E0-920B-4270DE513D0B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/9E0C6FAD-E7EE-4971-BB7A-52A1E16AD722'>Read more...</a></p></div>70.893207 78.489982uuid:10DA451C-A10F-495F-919A-941EB38C4F6ENuclear town on fire, with residents 'choking' from smoke2017-04-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T15:55:55ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarskiy, Russia</h3><p>April 25, 2017</p><p>Facilities for producing weapons grade plutonium believed safe despite fierce flames caused by wildfires.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/41DF751A-3573-416D-AD68-30602C0E5DCF'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/10DA451C-A10F-495F-919A-941EB38C4F6E'>Read more...</a></p></div>56.25111 93.53194