Tag: Natural disasters
President Biden declares state of major disaster in flood-ridden California
New bad weather is expected on Sunday after three weeks of unprecedented rainfall that killed at least 19 people in California. If California is used to extreme weather conditions, such…
A tsunami warning center to prevent any risk in France
/ Podcasts / Report France Since 2012, France has had its own tsunami warning center: the Cenalt, located south of Paris. Its role is to detect tsunamis and warn the…
2022, the hottest year recorded in France
Over the whole year, the temperature reached an average of 14.5°C in France. Météo-France qualifies this record as symptom of climate change “. The year 2022 is indeed the hottest…
1.5 million Americans without power
Almost 1.5 million American homes without electricity, thousands of canceled flights, closed highways and sometimes fatal accidents: in the United States, the day before Christmas was disrupted by a winter…
in Kinshasa, trade undermined by deadly floods
The floods which killed nearly 120 people, according to a provisional report, also caused very heavy material damage, in particular the collapse of a section of the national road 1.…
Météo France extends its vigilance alerts in the face of the resurgence of dangerous phenomena
Faced with the proliferation of dangerous climatic phenomena (violent winds, storms, heavy rains, etc.) linked to climate change, Météo France is extending its vigilance alerts over two days to enable…
the province of Moyen-Ogooué affected by heavy flooding
In Gabon, the rain continues to do great damage. On October 21, in Libreville, seven people from the same family died following a landslide. And the situation is currently very…
after the floods, the associations fear cases of malaria and cholera
In Chad, 18 of the country’s 23 provinces suffered floods during the last rainy season but which are still continuing. Thousands of hectares of crops were destroyed, livestock washed away…
Storm Nalgae leaves behind mud and floods and threatens Manila
Tropical Storm Nalgae, which slammed into the Philippines, is now threatening the capital Manila after killing at least 45 people following flooding and landslides in the archipelago. Storm Nalgae, expected…
One dead in Guadeloupe after the passage of tropical storm Fiona
A man has been found dead in Guadeloupe after tropical storm Fiona brought strong gusts, the equivalent of several months of rain and major flooding overnight from Friday to Saturday.…