Tag: Natural disasters
the fight of French firefighters against fires in Canada
In Chicago, the third most populous city in the United States, the skies are gray for the second day in a row. The air of the American Midwest is heavily…
floods lead to water cuts in the Santiago region
For two days, intense rains have been falling on several regions of central and southern Chile, a country that has been hit by a severe drought for more than a…
resumption of fires in northern Quebec due to hot and dry weather
The hot and dry weather of the past few days in northern Quebec has given new vigor to the fires that are ravaging this region over hundreds of thousands of…
six dead and thousands evacuated after heavy rains
As of June 13, six deaths are to be deplored because of the heavy rains that have been hitting the island for several days. In the east, several rivers overflowed,…
the floods are likely to cause an economic and food disaster
Italy is taking into account the catastrophic effects of floods on its agriculture. In the rich Emilia-Romagna, considered “the orchard of Italy”, thousands of agricultural hectares have been submerged under…
a week after the floods, the search continues in the villages still isolated
A week after the tragedy where extraordinary floods ravaged several villages in eastern DRC, Red Cross rescuers continue to dig up the bodies. In Bushushu, the rubble is still being…
in Kalehe, survivors are still looking for their missing relatives
401 dead and several injured, this is the toll of the recent floods in the various villages of the territory of Kalehe in the province of South Kivu. The government…
the challenge of managing and sharing water in the face of growing drought
In France, many departments are facing an increasing drought. In Puy-de-Dôme (central France), around forty municipalities are now affected by water restriction measures. This is particularly the case in the…
Floods in Rwanda: infrastructure hard hit
In Rwanda, the toll from Tuesday’s floods rose to 131 dead, 94 injured and more than 5,500 homes destroyed. Among the hard-hit infrastructure, some roads are completely impassable. This makes…
Rwanda buries its dead after floods caused by torrential rains
In Rwanda, torrential rains that fell overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday caused flooding affecting the west and north of the country. In the district of Rubavu, the most affected by…