Tag: Natural disasters
a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake leaves dozens dead
A powerful earthquake on Tuesday in the Himalayan region of Tibet, in southwest China, left at least 53 dead and caused the collapse of “many buildings”, an earthquake felt as…
Ethiopia hit by earthquake and Mount Dofan eruption
An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook northern Ethiopia on Friday January 3, where a volcano erupted. No injuries have yet been reported. 1 minute The earthquake occurred…
Faced with soaring insurance, a mayor “bans” natural disasters
The town of Breil-sur-Roya (Alpes-Maritimes) has just banned natural disasters. A way for the mayor LR, Sébastien Olharan, to attract the attention of the public authorities and to protest against…
Prime Minister François Bayrou unveils his “Mayotte standing” plan
Visiting Mayotte accompanied by a ministerial delegation, Prime Minister François Bayrou unveiled on December 30 the first lines of his aid plan for the French department devastated after the passage…
citizens create a site centralizing all practical information on site
In Mayotte, two weeks after the passage of Cyclone Chido, life remains very complicated. Residents lack water and food, fuel is scarce, as is the network. So, to try to…
“The official results are gradually stabilizing”
Prime Minister François Bayrou estimated at the start of the week that the number of deaths after the passage of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte would amount to “ tens »…
the field hospital treated more than 500 patients in 36 hours
The situation in Mayotte, after the passage of Cyclone Chido. Evacuation operations continue. The latest provisional report from the Ministry of the Interior shows 39 dead and more than 4,000…
Prime Minister François Bayrou will travel to Mayotte
The French Prime Minister, François Bayrou, will travel to Mayotte on December 29 and 30, ravaged by Cyclone Chido, we learned Thursday, December 26 from Matignon following a meeting on…
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…
It will be 20 years since the devastating tsunami in Southeast Asia | News in brief
On December 26, 2004, a powerful 9.1 magnitude earthquake shook the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The earthquake triggered tidal waves up to 15 meters high, which hit…