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Ian Butler

@iangbutler.bsky.social
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Environment, biodiversity, paddling, climbing and SuDS. Kayaking Sussex to Scotland by sea for #RNLI t.co/yIDFq1FOHM Husband to the author of Starling.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 21h
😱😱😱 And just like that, it’s completely VANISHED from the media. A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children. Lets make this viral again 👇
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If Trump was indeed a Russian asset how would he act any differently than he already is?
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Tessa Munt MP 🔶 @tessamunt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today, Lifeboat Saturday, I’d like to pay tribute to the many brave men and women who volunteer for the #RNLI, risking their lives to save others in grave danger. I’m appalled at the abuse and intimidation faced by RNLI crews in recent weeks. Let’s support and celebrate this incredible charity.
Tessa Munt MP with Marie Goldman MP and Sarah Gibson MP visiting the Brighton Lifeboat Station.
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Ian Butler @iangbutler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
How to gather, store and eat sweet chestnuts www.lowimpact.org/posts/how-to...
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How to gather, store and eat sweet chestnuts with Jessie Watson Brown
Whether you like them roasted, dried or boiled, Jessie Watson Brown shares how to gather, store and eat sweet chestnuts this winter.
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
THE NEED TO GET OUT FROM UNDER US DOMINATED PAYMENT SYSTEMS One of the many things that Europe (and I exclude the myopic British here), have realised is how pervasive American payment systems Visa and Mastercard are. The same ICC sanctions that triggered many to abandon Microsoft emphasised that
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Joe Williams @rikerjoe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thank you, Carmen! 💙🫶
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Tories have announced they would abolish Natural England, support a Third Runway & pull the UK out of the Aarhus Convention - in further signs they’ve totally given up on Middle England, don’t give a toss about the environment & just want to please some wealthy grouse moor owners & raving YIMBYs
Tory party press release: “[We will leave the Aarhus] Convention that powers the lawfare hindering every major infrastructure project in this country.”

“Abolish Natural England and the Environment Agency, moving to a more streamlined regulatory landscape to protect our environment.”Tory PR: “Support a Third Runway at Heathrow Airport and wider expansion, increasing capacity to deliver cheaper flights, better connections for passengers, and more exports of high-value British goods.”
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Garden Organic @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We want #peat out of our homes for good! #Peatlands are being dug up & destroyed to help grow food & other products that appear in our homes... faster than they can form. Ask your supermarket to join you in going #PeatFree as part of the @peatfree.bsky.social campaign👇
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Peat-free Partnership - End Peat Sales Now
The Peat-free Partnership are campaigning for legislation to end the sale and supply of peat for horticulture.
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Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ed Miliband says the millions who marched, organised and spoke out over Gaza “were right”. But that acknowledgement rings hollow while Labour maintains the ban on Palestine Action, criminalising people for protest and solidarity. 1/2
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So Trump’s 🇺🇸 is still doing Putin’s bidding trying the divide NATO to rule strategy. It has invited all NATO countries to a meeting EXCEPT UK 🇬🇧 FRance 🇫🇷 Estonia 🇪🇪 Latvia 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 Key countries when it comes to 🇷🇺 - 🇺🇦 and relatively big defence spenders (as a % of GDP) www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting
Some of Europe’s biggest defense spenders — and U.S. allies — were not invited to a Pentagon-led meeting to discuss the alliance.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Adam is my friend, so I'm biased. But he's a darned sight better than the rest of them. Which presumably is why Badenoch fears him. Which is presumably why he's banned.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 'peace' of Ukraine.
A black-and-white political cartoon featuring four minimalist stick figures arranged horizontally against a plain white background, illustrating a critique of foreign perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine war.
From left to right, the scene unfolds as follows:
• The Aggressor (Far Left): A stick figure facing right holds a detailed grey assault rifle directly at the next figure's face. A grenade and a knife hang from its waist. A rectangular Russian flag (horizontal stripes of white, blue, and red) is pasted across its upper chest. A speech bubble above its head reads in bold black text: "I will destroy you and take all your land."
• The Victim (Center-Left): A stick figure stands defenseless, leaning backward with its hands raised in a gesture of retreat or surrender. A rectangular Ukrainian flag (horizontal blue and yellow stripes) is pasted across its chest. It looks at the armed figure with a sad, worried expression.
• The First Detractor (Center-Right): A stick figure faces left, pointing an angry finger at the Ukrainian figure. It wears a bright red baseball cap with the letters "MAGA" in white. Its mouth is wide open in a yell.
• The Second Detractor (Far Right): A stick figure stands closely behind the MAGA figure, also facing left with a stern, angry glare. It is drawn with a red torso and wears a grey, Soviet-style ushanka winter hat featuring a small red star emblem on the front.
A joint speech bubble originates from both the MAGA and Soviet-hatted figures, pointing directly at the Ukrainian figure. It reads in bold black text: "Ukraine, why don't you want peace? Make peace with Russia!"
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New Google Maps satelite photos, you can literally see it with your own eyes now! But it's not a genocide... 🤡🤡
Flattened area
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Infopoint #Klimawandel #Artensterben @infopointa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Satellite quantification of enhanced methane oxidation applied to the stratospheric plume following Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption Van Herpen et al 2026 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Satellite quantification of enhanced methane oxidation applied to the stratospheric plume following Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption - Nature Communications
Satellite data shows that the Tonga volcanic eruption partly cleaned up its own methane pollution. Volcanic particles created chlorine atoms that broke down methane. Similar chemistry may one day help...
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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"[AMOC risk] is distinctly lacking a political champion...There is a diplomatic opening that Britain should seize on" Top piece from @benjudah.bsky.social proposing that the UK should convene a coalition of north Atlantic states on changes in the Atlantic circulations www.ft.com/content/4870...
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We need an observatory for the cooling north Atlantic
The UK should convene a coalition of concerned states if rising emissions lead to the collapse of the Amoc that brings warm water to northern regions
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Earl Russell LD @earlrussell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The UK does not have “credible” policies in place to reverse this trend of rising emissions, says the CCC in new advice to the government on future aviation policy. Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050. www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-heathrow...
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CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief
Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
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Eric Maugendre @data.yt · 15/09/2026
We can barely imagine how #landscape transforms if we remove livestock and restore habitat. Here is an amazing example by the Borders Forest trust and @rewildscotland.bsky.social via @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social:
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Rewilding: Before and after photos reveal stunning transformation of Scottish glen
Area once overgrazed by livestock now thriving ecosystem full of wildlife
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markh60.bsky.social @markh60.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Red kite at Fontmell Down this afternoon #p1000 #birdphotography #birdwatching #dorsetbirds
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Ian Butler @iangbutler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What!
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Peter Cook: Brexorcist in Chief: Reboot Britain @brexitrage.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hit me with your walking stick, hit me, hit me Pl like, share and subscribe www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG33...
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Hit me with your Reform stick - Ian Dury Parody
YouTube video by Peter Cook
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Nigel Farage and his friends, allies and company.
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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The best of many
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🪸 Towering cities of kelp brimming with sharks, rays & eels. Give nature space, and it will do extraordinary things. Now just imagine if we banned bottom trawling in all UK marine protected areas. Act now to make it happen: act.oceana.org/page/195311/...
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🧵 Overnight and into the early hours of Sunday, a new wave of settler attacks was reported across various parts of the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem. Settlers targeted residents' homes, agricultural lands, and access roads, while receiving direct protection from the IDF.
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מיאסוף לביתה ולמסאפר יטא: המתנחלים מסלימים את מלחמתם נגד הפלסטינים -
شبكة يافا الإخبارية، هي وسيلة إعلامية فلسطينية مستقلة، تعمل على تغطية أخبار فلسطين المحتلة على مدار الساعة
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), contemporary artist who has created a series of 'Garden Icons' - mini paintings inspired by local wildlife #womensart
Painting of a hedgehog walking to.the left under a thin branch with tiny red leaves against a golden background
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Jane Tombling @janeyjaney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Even if a limit on political party donations was imposed. #Reform is a limited company not a political party. So why are they allowed to sit in HoC? It's all very bizarre imho.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Since the declaration of a ceasefire in occupied Gaza on October 10, 2025, Israel has violated the agreement with near-daily attacks, killing hundreds of Palestinians. (AJ)
Israel's Genocide In Gaza | Latest figures | October 7, 2023 - September 10, 2026, At least 73,630 Palestinians have been killed with thousands still under the rubble, that's 1 out of every 33 people in Gaza

Since the October 10 "ceasefire" - 1,359 Palestinians have been killed

At least 174,682 Palestinians have been inured, many with life-altering wounds, That's 1 out of every 14 people in Gaza

Since the October 10 "ceasefire", 4,571 Palestinians have been injured
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Excellent report on why aviation expansion at Heathrow (or Luton, Gatwick, etc) is not compatible with UK Climate commitments Carbon Reckoning are filing a legal case to hold UK to account on the international climate test (clip 👇 from @kevinclimate.bsky.social). Read 🧵 bsky.app/profile/dran...
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 #WATCH | A massive demonstration is taking place in Scotland in solidarity with Gaza and to denounce the genocide perpetrated by Israel. Three years since the genocide began, and the people are not giving up, heroes 🫡 #ThankYouSCOTLAND
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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dehumanizing others also strips you of your own humanity.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Factcheck: 45 false or misleading claims about climate and energy from Reform UK, Nigel Farage and Richard Tice By @carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-re...
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Factcheck: Reform UK’s 45 false or misleading claims about climate and energy - Carbon Brief
Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has emerged as a major force in UK politics in recent years – pushing…
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Environmental journalist @stuartspray.bsky.social asked Reform UK delegates for their thoughts on climate change. Here's what they had to say.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Recent events in England now reveal the practical difference between terrorists and protesters. It would seem that terrorists peacefully hold placards and get immediately arrested, while protesters wear black uniforms and balaclavas and disrupt infrastructure and do not get arrested.

How did we get into this mess? How have we placed ourselves in the position where terrorism legislation is used to detain and prosecute peaceful protesters, while those adopting the terror tactics of private armies seem to be free to do as they wish?

The reason is that for some time British politicians have not taken terrorism legislation seriously, and that ministers have got into the habit of misusing terror laws for easy targets.
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Graeme Cumming @gscumming.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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RSPB Scotland @rspbscotland.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
There’s still time to help Save Coul Links. More than 20,000 people have spoken up to protect this unique and beautiful place and stop precious wildlife being destroyed for a golf course. It’s now up to Ministers to decide its fate. You can add your voice here: action.rspb.org.uk/page/166270/...
Landscape photo showing Coul Links. Sand dunes and sea to the left and sprawling grasses to the right.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 10/09/2026
NEW – UK aviation emissions to be 50% higher than thought by 2050, government admits ✍️ Written by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social 💬 With comments from @theaef.bsky.social @loispennington.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/61e2uoH
The UK government says UK flight emissions are set to be at least 50% higher than previously thought by 2050. Projected emissions in the UK's new scenarios (dark blue and grey), compared to the jet-zero strategy 'high ambition' scenario (light blue), MtCO2e. By 2050, new technology scenario reaches 28 MtCO2e compared to 19 MtCO2e in jet-zero. Source: UK Department for Transport. - (alt text generated by Google Gemini)
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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
'Flash floods cause major damage in Aïn Oum Er Rbia, Morocco. Flash floods hit Aïn Oum Er Rbia in the Moroccan Atlas. Rapid runoff channeled severe mud and debris flows through the steep valley, destroying infrastructure instantly.' www.yourweather.co.uk/videos/flash...
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Flash floods cause major damage in Aïn Oum Er Rbia, Morocco - Meteored UK
Flash floods hit Aïn Oum Er Rbia in the Moroccan Atlas. Rapid runoff channeled severe mud and debris flows through the steep valley, destroying infrastructure instantly.
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Infopoint #Klimawandel #Artensterben @infopointa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2...
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Spain calls on Brussels to tax private jets and fossil fuel profits to fund Europe-wide wildfire response
SPAIN is leading calls for the EU to tax private jets and the profits of fossil fuel companies to bankroll a Europe-wide climate resilience fund.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Two RNLI volunteers were pictured in Portsmouth this weekend while responding during the Patriot Platform protest. The far right responded by identifying them and branding them “traitors”. This is what the far right’s “peaceful” activism looks like.
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MellowSteadyFlow @mellowsteadyflow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Lying #ToryScum
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The UK government ceasing automatically to support almost anything the government of Israel does is a major shift. The next step should be to rescind the ban on #PalestineAction, to stop treating protesters as terrorists, and to acknowledge that those seeking to disrupt a genocide may have a point.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Israel Government tonight:, • Shut UK Consulate in Jerusalem • Halt UK training of Palestinian Police Forces • Ban 12 UK Parliamentarians from the Holylands • Remove UK officers from the Gaza Support Centre Credit: ToryFibs
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pippaneill.bsky.social @pippaneill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
More than 140 golf clubs in England have breached their water extraction licences in the past five years, according to data analysis by the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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One in 12 golf clubs in England broke water extraction rules in past five years
More than 140 clubs breached licences, with a third caught taking water illegally, analysis shows – but no fines issued
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 08/09/2026
Re Jaguar Land Rover job cuts, this is quite the chart from @bennelmes.bsky.social at @newautomotive.org Look at the data and ask yourself, is this a company damaged by UK EV targets, or by a failure to make competitive EVs for the Chinese market, where nearly 2/3 of sales are electric
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The Final Report @firehorse249791.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
07.09.2026 'Heavy rains associated with Typhoon Saudele triggered a fatal landslide of mud and rocks that struck Mingkeng Village in Suichuan County, Jiangxi Province, China 🇨🇳' 12 homes damaged, 8 completely destroyed, 3 people deceased and 9 missing.' Geól. Sergio Almazán [x]
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