Tag: Natural disasters
visitors evacuated from Death Valley after exceptional floods
A receding water level and road rehabilitation work helped evacuate 1,000 people on Saturday who were stranded in California’s notorious desert Death Valley after intense and very rare rainfall, officials…
why are redwoods more threatened than before?
California is still facing a large wildfire named “Oak Fire”, near Yosemite National Park, known for its gigantic redwoods. Nearly 7,500 hectares went up in smoke, and the firefighters are…
Sakurajima volcano erupts and triggers high alert
The Sakurajima volcano, one of the most active in Japan, has erupted in the southern island of Kyushu. Television footage shows lava flow and ash being released from the volcano.…
In Spain, the fires revive the debate on the lack of resources of firefighters
While this year could already be classified as historic in terms of fires, with tens of thousands of hectares burned across the country, the debate rages on the working conditions…
The United States in the grip of a wave of “extreme heat”, “explosive” fire in California
A wave of “extreme heat” is hitting tens of millions of Americans this weekend, with many temperature records expected in the central and northeast and an alarmingly spreading wildfire in…
the fire of La Teste-de-Buch “fixed”, that of Landiras “contained”
After 11 days of exhausting fight against the flames, the fire which ravaged 7,000 hectares of forest in La Teste-de-Buch, near the Bassin d’Arcachon, is “now fixed”, unlike the other…
North Macedonia and Albania open accession negotiations with the EU
” A historic moment “Launched Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday July 19 in Brussels, during her press conference held with the Albanian and Macedonian Prime Ministers, Edi Rama and…
Fires in Gironde: “We are calling for permanent air resources in the summer period”
Jean-Luc Gleyze, president of the Gironde department and president of the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) in Gironde, south-west France, reacts to the fires affecting the department as well…
the Pilat dune greatly weakened by forest fires
The fires ravaged the Landes forest (south-west of France) to the foot of the Pilat dune. Today, without this natural barrier, the highest dune in Europe, its 100 meters high…
in Gironde, economic reconstruction already in everyone’s mind
The fires in Gironde are still not fixed, even if the firefighters face better conditions. The next end, perhaps, of a fight lasting more than a week with serious consequences.…