It is the 13th of the 3rd, 2012, and this is today's climate change updates. Let's go ahead and get started on Sobt.net, Louisiana, 15 inches of rain in 5 hours. States of emergency were forced Tuesday for Louisiana parishes after torrential rain left homes and roads under several feet of water. Hundreds fled their homes and dozens of motorists had to be rescued. And we all know the story. Studies show as Monsanto's round up ravaging butterfly populations. Here is another pollinating insect that is very important to our food chain. Over to the extinction protocol, Japan's Sakurajamiya volcano experiences its most violent eruption in three years. Continued at the second day of violent eruptions on Tuesday, spewing hot rocks of ash, but there were no major damages in the vicinity. The Japanese meteorological agency said the agency said Monday's powerful eruption was the most forceful since 2009. The volcano was located in the southern prefecture and added that the volcano has been erupting steadily for the last two years, but the eruption on Monday turned violent, throwing 50 centimeters or a foot and a half rocks nearly a mile and a half away of the further since 2009. And of course they have live cams on this volcano and everything. Northeast and Midwest, the United States flirt with record high temperatures. My front door is open. Can you hear the birds? Temperature soared to record highs in the Northeast on Monday after a weekend of record-setting warmth across the upper plains and forecast for unprecedented extended warm front this week. And we are truly enjoying it here in Des Moines, Iowa. The National Weather Service said in Boston temperatures reached record 71 degrees on Monday afternoon, eclipsing the former high of 69 degrees for this date set 110 years ago. The unseasonally warm weather was expected to continue in Boston throughout the week, but likely not record-setting temperatures said Bill Simpson. The Weather Service meteorologist based in Massachusetts temperatures also soared on Monday afternoon in New York City to the record 71 degrees in Central Park, blah, blah, blah. The weather was expected to continue in the United States and the United States and Southern Canada. I'll attach a link to the live jet stream simulation and you can literally see how the circle is swing towards Russia. And that's why they're getting all the severe weather in Europe and Asia. And we are unseasonably warm here. We're calling it the winter that never was. Over to the watchers, a new tropical cyclone, Lua, Lua, moving slowly off the Pilbra coast in Australia. That's western Australia on the like the northwest coast. A new tropical cyclone is formed in Australia on March 13th. Tropical storm, Lua was located at APM west south. APM, WST near 18.5 south 11.14. Anyway, they put out the coordinates for it and lose allies well north of the west Pilbra coast and expected to slowly intensify and drift northwards for the next 24 hours. So, this one heading off to Madagascar as well. They got a story in Japan one year after Megacquake, more than 19,000 lives lost. 1.2 million buildings damaged and $574 billion in damage that's just the estimates so far, the official numbers. I got another prominence eruption and CME impact happened on the 12th. This one's not earth-directed. But the sun's putting off a pretty good show right now. Over to the RSOE, we've got severe flash flooding in Chile, extreme rain, that kind of thing. Of course, the Louisiana rain. Flooding continues in Australia and they're dealing with their state of emergency. The volcano eruption in Japan. Force fires in Costa Rica. They're saying these ones are arson set but there's like three big national parks on fire. Talking like it's going to take over 30 years to recover kind of thing. And flash flooding in Papua New Guinea. They're saying in Spain and on the multi-prime provinces, they've had a mild and dry winter as well. They're saying they're force fire season starting early and they're hoping for a wet spring. And the Colombian volcano reported on yesterday that's gearing up and people are waiting for this thing to have an eruption. They're holding drills actually to help people get ready to evacuate. A big hail storm in Sicily. The entire citrus crop was destroyed. They're saying it's the worst one they've ever seen kind of thing. Like I said, entire crops are destroyed. Greenhouses the whole bit. And they're really in a lot of trouble down there. And finally tonight, over to the nuclear stuff, any news. I'm just going to blast out the headlines. Science writer, science websites actively contributed to biased misinformation on Fukushima. Reporting leaves impression it's over and under control. Public will only be informed in order to avoid panic. I got another report, Fukushima worker. There is radiation that is coming from the ground. There are no rights being observed at the moment. So they don't have any personal rights at all. Off the economist, nuclear power, a dream that failed. Promise of global transformation gone. Concern over safety finances. Previously concluded industry. Safe as a chocolate factory. Who came up with that one? PBS NewsHour. CZM killed pine trees as far as you can see. Are there animals that can live here? No, no. And there is a video. I'm still pissed off about their report on the Fukushima incident and their fluff of that situation. Miles O'Brien interview government should apologize and evacuate citizens right away. Mayor decontamination is impossible, but should be done anyway. Report, Mayor says Tokyo citizens were irradiated. Another story I just spoke to a doctor in Ukraine. There is a tremendous epidemic of thyroid cancer there. The doctor even had thyroid cancer and they have a video attached to that. And Ernie Gunnerson on CTV, the country of Japan is contaminated. Just routine checking an area here and there in Tokyo found all samples to be radioactive waste if they were here in the United States. Gunnerson on RT of 5 samples I took in Tokyo qualified as radioactive waste. People should never return to some areas 60 kilometers from Fukushima. You got to remember this plutonium and the stuff is going to be here for a very, very, very long time. And that's about all new they really have tonight. So enjoy while you can everybody. It is absolutely beautiful here today. I'm going to spin it outside.