Tag: Natural disasters
After Hurricane Ida last year, Louisiana hit by a violent tornado
A tornado hit Louisiana in the southern United States on Tuesday evening, killing at least one person and destroying many homes. Another setback for a region that has yet to…
torrential rains and floods now on Sydney’s doorstep
The east coast of Australia continues to be swept by torrential rains, having caused major flooding earlier this week in Queensland, but also in northern New South Wales. The human…
Severe effects of warming in Africa require rapid adaptation, says IPCC
Biodiversity, food, health, economy… Beyond 1.5 degrees of global warming, the damage in Africa will be very heavy, estimates the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in the second…
thousands of victims and displaced persons after the passage of cyclone Emnati
Forty-eight hours after cyclone Emnati, more than 51,000 victims and 45,000 displaced people have been counted by the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management, which held a press conference…
The passage of storm Eunice over northern Europe has killed at least nine people
Hundreds of canceled flights, trains and ferries across North West Europe. Nearly 48 hours after Dudley, Storm Eunice swept across the mainland. It caused at least 9 deaths. Formed in…
UN calls for response to new risks
In a report published this Thursday, February 17, the United Nations Environment Program warns of emerging risks to the environment: noise pollution in the city, increase in forest fires and…
at least 78 dead in Petropolis floods
In the Brazilian tourist town of Petropolis the streets have been turned into rivers of mud. And the balance sheet is likely to increase further, the number of missing in…
In Europe, climate disasters have claimed 140,000 lives in 40 years
According to a report published on Thursday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the climatic disasters of the past 40 years have caused more than 140,000 deaths in Europe and…
the fear of the Covid complicates the delivery of aid
For the past week, international aid has been arriving in Tonga hit by a powerful volcanic eruption and a tsunami. But no question for those who transport it to come…
15 events on Earth in 2021 as seen from space
At the end of the year, Planet and the editorial staff of Futura offer you a retrospective in images of 15 outstanding news from the Earth, seen from space. You…