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Africa’s ‘Killer Lake’ Kivu Hides a Deadly Poison Cloud Gas That May Erupt, Risk Millions
Jan 28, 2022 11:17 AM EST
Causing vibrations thundering across the water below them, the specialists on Lake Kivu's mobile hydropower plant; can only observe uneasily, as the volcano in the horizon explodes furiously.
Being among Africa's major rift lagoons located among both Rwanda and the Democratic State of the Congo, the massive accumulation of highly combustible chemicals inside of Kivu, terrified everyone, not the magma pouring out of Mount Nyiragongo previously in May.
The Dangerous Secret of Lake Kivu
According to Darchambeau, ecological supervisor of KivuWatt, if provoked, a limnic outburst might contribute in a tremendous release of methane from frigid oceans to the top, leading in strong currents and a deadly chemical mist which might threaten the safety of people.
The corporation expects that eliminating gas will lessen the burden inside the reservoir throughout time, perhaps lessening the likelihood of a limnic explosion, as per ScienceAlert.
Millennia of geological eruptions have resulted in a tremendous concentration of carbon dioxide and methane in the deepest of Kivu, adequate to be extremely damaging if unleashed in the unusual occurrence.
A further business is considering building its own 56-megawatt methane collection enterprise on the reservoir.
The plant propels freshwater laden with methane and carbon dioxide from roughly 350 meters to the ground with a loud noise.
ContourGlobal, which manages KivuWatt, began the Lake Kivu initiative in 2015 and discussed extending its potential from 26 to 100 megawatts at one point.
The rate of mining will determine the time it takes to exhaust these massive gas deposits, according to Martin Schmid, a scholar at the Swiss Academy for Aquatic and Ecological Studies.
The latter two had limnic explosions in the 1980s, while the larger accident at Lake Nyos smothered over 1,700 people due to a deadly co2 emission.
The recovered gas is piped to a separate plant placed onsite in Rwanda, where it is converted into power.
The co2 is poured directly through the reservoir at an exact sufficient level to avoid upsetting the sensitive equilibrium.
However, as said by Darchambeau these disasters happened in remote areas, but a comparable calamity including Kivu might put almost 2 million inhabitants at risk.
"Using KivuWatt solely, it will take millennia to significantly reduce gases in the water," Darchambeau added.
The Africa's 'Killer Lake'
The only other 'killer lakes' in the world are lakes Nyos and Monoun in northwest Cameroon, according to The Sun.
While KivuWatt administrator Priysham Nundah remarked that the process is like unwrapping a container of Coke, which he characterized as midway from a conventional and a sustainable energy facility.
Countless people in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are afraid of the river's dangerous capacity, and legends circulate of divers vanishing into its abyss after being buried alive or hauled beneath.
However, worries of this tragedy were reignited when Nyiragongo, an explosive mountain in north of Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, erupted in beginning of 2021.
KivuWatt's unusual hovering foundation, a confined labyrinth of pipelines and buoys as towering as a multi-story structure anchored on the Rwandan portion of Kivu, requires a 20-minute motorboat voyage.
KivuWatt, which claims to be the globe's only initiative of its sort, identified a potential to harness these plentiful vapors for generating electricity.
As tremors rattled the neighborhood, the volcano eruption slaughtered 32 people and damaged scores of residences.
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/49095/20220128/africa-killer-lake-kivu-hides-deadly-poison-cloud-gas.htm
Over 70 Dead as Tropical Storm Ana Wreaks Havoc on Southern African Countries
Jan 28, 2022 06:35 AM EST
Three countries in South Africa are currently counting casualties after remnants of Tropical Storm Ana swept the region, killing over dozens of people and damaging livelihoods and infrastructures.
The three hardest-hit countries - Madagascar, Mozambique, and Malawi - recorded tens of thousands of damaged homes and rising death tolls
At this time, rescue workers and authorities across the three countries are currently assessing the full extent of the damage on Friday morning, while another storm was forming in the Indian Ocean.
According to AFP, there have been 41 deaths recorded in Madagascar, 18 in Mozambique, and 11 in Malawi.
Tropical storm Ana also passed over Zimbabwe, but no fatalities were reported. The storm first made landfall in Madagascar on Monday before ploughing into Mozambique and Malawi through the week, bringing torrential rains.
State of natural disaster
Madagascar declared a state of national disaster on Thursday night, as well as the neighboring Malawi. Meanwhile, Mozambique's weather service detected a low-pressure system formed in the south-west part of the Indian Ocean over the past days which could mean another storm is coming in the next days. The country expects up to six tropical cyclones before the rainy season ends in March.
ReliefWeb situation report updates: "Tropical storm Ana is expected to cause displacement, flooding, and infrastructures' damages in the affected provinces, potentially impacting on highly vulnerable populations who have already suffered from previous natural disasters and conflict in northern Mozambique."
Tens of thousands of homes were damaged across the three hardest-hit countries, trapping victims in the rubble.
Swollen rivers washed away bridges and submerged fields, drowning livestock and destroying the livelihoods of rural families. 130,000 people from Madagascar fled from their homes. In the capital, Antananarivo, schools and gyms were turned into emergency shelters.
Another storm forming over the Indian Ocean
International weather services warned another storm named Batsirai will make landfall over the weekend.
"The situation is of extreme concern and vulnerability is very, very high," the UN's resident coordinator in Mozambique, Myrta Kaulard, said in a BBC report. "The challenge is titanic, the challenge is extreme," she added, while noting that the storms were hitting an already extremely vulnerable region still trying to recover from cyclones Idai and Kenneth back in 2019.
In addition to that, Mozambique is currently resolving a complex crisis in the north, which caused a huge budget strain in the country. They are also currenty fighting against the coronavirus pandemic.
However, national authorities are focusing more on restoring power especially in health establishments, water treatment distribution systems and schools, as most of the country lost electricity early in the week and electric grids were destroyed.
Mozambique had suffered the most with repeated destructive storms in recent years, among other parts of South Africa.
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/49090/20220128/tropical-storm-ana-south-africa-casualties.htm
Watch Live: Kyle Rittenhouse Motion for Return of Bail Money
At issue is the $2 million that was raised by donors and supporters of Rittenhouse and posted by attorney John Pierce with a cashier’s check from his law firm. Attorney Lin Wood has stated earlier the money was provided by the FightBack Foundation, which he operates, and has maintained the bond money should come back to him.
Court records show that Rittenhouse posted bond Nov. 23, 2020, and was released from custody at that time.
Wood left the case shortly after the bond was posted, and Pierce was fired by the Rittenhouse family. In September, Kenosha-based attorney Xavier Solis, filed a letter with the court on behalf of Wood that demanded the bond money be returned to the FightBack Foundation.
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