Tag: island
Noirmoutier, an island against the sea
In Vendée, two thirds of the island of Noirmoutier are below sea level. With climate change, the coasts are eroding as the oceans rise and more and more frequent storms…
Widespread power outage in Puerto Rico – almost the entire island blacked out | News in brief
In the Caribbean Sea, almost all of Puerto Rico has gone dark due to a widespread power outage. According to the monitoring service of the local energy company Luma Energy,…
François Bayrou wants to put the island back on its feet after the passage of Cyclone Chido – L’Express
François Bayrou arrived this Monday, December 30, in Mayotte at the head of an imposing ministerial delegation with the promise of an aid plan for the reconstruction of the archipelago…
Walpole Island men arrested amid reports of gunfire out on bail
Both Walpole Island men arrested after Lambton OPP said they received a report of gunfire on the First Nation are out on lease after spending a few days behind bars…
El Hierro, the most ecological island in the Canaries
In the extreme southwest of the Canary Islands, the island of El Hierro is certainly the most astonishing. The smallest with its 278 km², the least populated with its 10,500…
Releases 1,300 snails on uninhabited island – after threat of extinction
For over 100 years it was believed that The land snails from Desertas Island were extinct. Then researchers found less than 400 tiny mini snails. After a rescue operation has…
More than 1,300 critically endangered snails were released onto the island | News in brief
On Saturday, 1,329 endangered snails were released to the Desertas Islands in the North Atlantic, reports BBC. Conservationists had found a small population of snails near Madeira that were thought…
The island of Riou in the Calanques national park
Small uninhabited island in the extreme south of Marseille, Riou belongs to national park Calanques. High place ofunderwater archeologyits heritage is a delight for divers. The site is also scrupulously…
selective evacuations to Reunion Island
In Mayotte, evacuation operations continue for priority people to Reunion. Hundreds of people leave the archipelago every day on planes, in complicated and highly supervised evacuations. The gendarmerie is on…
first voluntary evacuations to the Comorian island of Anjouan
In Mayotte, more than ten days after the passage of Cyclone Chido, the first voluntary departures to the island of Anjouan began this Wednesday, December 25. Nearly 450 people left…