Tag: Natural disasters
Portugal on alert and still ravaged by flames
Portugal, hit by a third heat wave since the beginning of July, is still fighting, on Monday, August 22, against several fires while the country was placed on alert until…
have we been too optimistic in apprehending the situation?
Since the beginning of summer 2022, Western Europe has been faced with exceptional weather phenomena: repeated fires, but also floods, as in Corsica on Thursday August 18. These events are…
Deadly storms in Corsica: “These phenomena are extremely difficult to predict”
A violent stormy episode hit Corsica on Thursday with gusts that reached 200 km / h in places. The bad weather killed five people and injured at least twenty with…
thunderstorms of unprecedented violence kill at least five people in Corsica
The toll of the violent storms that hit Corsica this Thursday, August 18 in the morning rose to five dead with the deaths of a fisherman in Girolata (Corse-du-Sud) and…
after the violent forest fires, twenty-six suspects arrested
In France, the main fires are brought under control by firefighters. This does not prevent the police from continuing to track down the arsonists at the origin of these fires.…
historic drought in the Colorado River Basin
Towards new water restrictions in the western United States and Mexico. A historic drought is affecting the Colorado River Basin and supplies are at an all-time low. With our correspondent…
at least 26 dead in forest fires in the north of the country
The latest assessment of the fires ravaging northern Algeria is heavy. According to information released by the Ministry of the Interior, Wednesday August 17, 26 people died in the forest…
the Southeast affected by food insecurity after two devastating cyclones
The zone of the Great South-East of Madagascar is affected for the first time by food insecurity, a consequence of the hurricane season at the beginning of the year which…
Pope Francis calls for not forgetting Somalia
At the end of the Angelus prayer on Sunday August 14 in Saint Peter’s Square, the Sovereign Pontiff appealed to the international community to mobilize towards the Horn of Africa.…
alongside the volunteers mobilized with the firefighters in the face of the flames
More than 1,500 firefighters are still fighting fires in Gironde and Landes, where 7,400 hectares of pines have gone. The mobilization is total with fire soldiers from all over Europe.…