Tag: Natural disasters
Maiduguri city under water after dam burst
In Nigeria, the city of Maiduguri, in the far north of the country, was submerged by the waters of a dam that gave way during torrential rains. Since Monday, thousands…
National emergency declared over fires ravaging the country
In Bolivia, the east of the country has been ravaged by fires for more than two months. In total, nearly 4 million hectares have been destroyed by the flames, causing…
North Korea faces devastating floods
More than 4,000 homes ravaged, villages destroyed, dead, for several days the summer floods have been devastating North Korea. The army has been mobilized to help the displaced and limit…
More than 9,000 people evacuated in northeast of country due to fires
A wildfire forced the evacuation of more than 9,000 people in Labrador City and Wabush, in northeastern Canada, on the evening of July 12. Fanned by high winds, the fire…
Container ship traffic disrupted by bad weather off South Africa
This week, several neighbourhoods in Cape Town, South Africa, have been hit by destructive rains and winds that have killed one person and damaged thousands of homes, according to local…
Floods and landslides kill at least ten people
Torrential rains, triggering flash floods and landslides, have killed at least 14 people in Nepal and left nine missing, police said on Sunday, July 7. Floods in neighboring India and…
Hurricane Beryl weakens as it prepares to hit Mexico
Hurricane Beryl is losing intensity as it approaches the tourist coasts of Mexico, which it is expected to hit during the night of Thursday 4 to Friday 5 July, accompanied…
reopening of the Roya tunnel destroyed by bad weather in 2020
The French Roya tunnel reopens on Monday July 1, four years after storm Alex which destroyed it following a landslide and the release of downpours of water. The event served…
Intensifying wildfires: a global climate catastrophe
Extreme forest fires have doubled over the past twenty years. This is what a study in the journal reveals Nature, which appears while the fire season is just starting in…
7,900 people evacuated as the country fears a new landslide
Five days after a landslide which buried an entire village and more than 2,000 people in a very isolated region of Papua New Guinea, the situation there remains extremely critical.…