Tag: Natural disasters
Estelle Doutriaux, mayor of Bourthes: “We are convinced that we will have repeated floods”
Floods return to Pas-de-Calais, two months after an already dramatic month of November. While this department in the north of the country has been on orange alert again since Sunday…
deadly floods in Bukavu and the South Kivu region
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), around forty people died and many others are missing after the heavy rains which fell on most of the province of South Kivu,…
an investigation opened for arson following the explosion at the port of Conakry
The death toll from the explosion and fire at Guinea’s main fuel depot, which took place overnight from Sunday to Monday in downtown Conakry, rose from 18 to 23 dead…
Chile rejects for the second time a new constitutional proposal
6 mins “ Chile rejects constitutional proposal for the second time », headline on the front page of La Tercera. Las Ultimas Noticiasalways on the front page, sticks to the…
Human Rights Watch calls for an independent investigation
The NGO Human Rights Watch is calling for an independent investigation in Libya to examine the failures in the management of the floods which ravaged the east of the country…
Mayotte, an island without water, will need several million plastic bottles
Mayotte, the poorest department in France, is experiencing one of the worst episodes of drought in its history. It is an island without water. The authorities will ship several million…
record rain for more than thirty days, Pas-de-Calais still in apprehension
Metropolitan France, which has experienced very heavy flooding in recent weeks, particularly in Pas-de-Calais, was affected between mid-October and mid-November 2023 by unprecedented accumulations of rain over a long period,…
Emmanuel Macron promises 50 million euros
French President Emmanuel Macron visited Pas-de-Calais on November 14, a department partly devastated by floods. The president announced the classification in a state of natural disaster of more than 200…
in the disaster-stricken villages of Pas-de-Calais, solidarity is organized
The French president and the minister of agriculture expected this Tuesday in Pas de Calais. Emmanuel Macron and Marc Fesneau in the north of France at the bedside of affected…
Iceland worried after discovery of magma fissure in Grindavik
In Iceland, the Fagradalsfjall volcano is once again shaking the earth and threatening to erupt in Grindavik, a town located 40 km southwest of the capital Reykjavik. The island declared…