The severe downpour in Auckland, New Zealand on Friday has led to a state of emergency being declared in the city. The heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding and evacuations ---- READ MORE https://likelytoday.com/auckland-declares-emergency-after-heavy-rains/

#aukland #floods #emergencywards

Is this an effort at #thinningtheherd? Will it happen here next also?

Packed #ICUs, crowded #crematoriums: #COVID roils #Chinese towns

life in central #Hebei’s #emergencywards and crematoriums is anything but normal. Even as the #young go back to work and lines at fever clinics shrink, many of Hebei’s #elderly are falling into #criticalcondition. As they overrun intensive care units and #funeralhomes, it could be a #harbinger of what’s to come for the rest of #China.

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