Tag: Natural disasters
the Flots Bleus campsite ravaged by flames, quite a symbol
It has been more than a week now that two fires have been ravaging the south of the Gironde department, in France. 19,300 hectares burned: this is the assessment at…
Fires in Gironde: the mayor of La Teste-de-Buch salutes “the exceptional solidarity of the basin”
The two fires that have been ravaging the Gironde for a week were still not fixed on Tuesday morning. Operations are made difficult on site because of the scorching weather…
Fires in Gironde: “The vegetation is ready to ignite with any spark”
By : Clementine Pawlotsky The forest never stops burning in La Teste-de-Buch, a town in the very touristy Arcachon basin, and in Landiras and Guillos, south of the Gironde. The…
Headlines: France is suffocating…
France overwhelmed with heat this Monday… “ It will be 40 degrees even in Brest exclaims The Parisian. ” Brittany is suffocating », sighs The Telegram. ” Two hot days…
more than 10,000 hectares ravaged, evacuations continue
It will still be very hot in France this Sunday, July 17; 38 departments have been placed on orange alert, mostly on the Atlantic coast. It is precisely there that…
Featured: Into the wildfire hell
It’s a bit usual in this season unfortunately and this time the Gironde is paying the price, in the Southwest. ” The Gironde is on fire, 6,000 holidaymakers evacuated “,…
Schools and administrations closed in Iran due to a new dust storm
Iranian authorities closed Monday, July 4, schools, universities and administrations in Tehran and several cities in the south-west of the country because of a new sandstorm from Iraq and Syria.…
Third day of torrential rains in Australia, rivers in flood and residents trapped
In Australia, new floods hit the city of Sydney and its surroundings. Tens of thousands of residents have had to evacuate since this weekend. This is the third time since…
after the end of the search, the emergency is to help the victims
Searches in the rubble have been completed in Afghanistan after the earthquake that struck the south-east of the country two nights ago. The latest assessment reports at least a thousand…
Kenya’s drought deprives thousands of children of schooling
As one of the consequences of the extreme drought that continues to plague Kenya – and more generally in East Africa – thousands of children are being forced to drop…