Collapse Catch-Up: May 7–13, 2023

Welcome to the 13th edition of Collapse Catch-Up, a weekly newsletter that catches you up on the latest signs that we are living through the collapse of global industrial civilization.

This week we have news about record-breaking heatwaves in Europe and Asia, massive wildfires in Canada and Russia, sea levels rising faster than expected, bird species in danger of extinction, chaos in Haiti and Sri Lanka, the threat of an economic meltdown, and much more. Let’s dive in…

Heatwaves

Over 20 million people are under heat alerts in the northwestern United States and Canada. Temperatures are expected to be as much as 14°C above normal, which means there could be more than 50 high temperature records in the coming days.

Heatwaves like this are breaking temperature records all around the world, especially in Europe and Asia. Vietnam broke several records and reached a new national high of 44.2°C. And in neighboring Laos, the new national is is now 43.5°C. Cambodia had its hottest May day ever at 41.6°C, and Bangkok, Thailand reached a record high of 41°C.

Meteorologists have warned that there will be many more record highs, and that the Asian heatwave is a warning for the world. It was so bad that in the Philippines, officials cut classroom hours after the heat index reached the danger…