Tag: Natural disasters
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…
In Ecuador, the sudden appearance of giant sinkholes is increasingly common
In Ecuador, the sinkholes regularly make the headlines and affect 22 of the country’s 24 provinces. It is these chasms which, for natural reasons or not, suddenly open up in…
the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma officially over
It’s done. Officially, after 85 days of eruption, the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Island of La Palma, has died out. It is the diagnosis of those in charge…
in Mayfield, a landscape of desolation and chaos
Deadly tornadoes in the central United States have killed at least 83 people and the damage is extensive. They are even sometimes particularly impressive like in Mayfield, Kentucky. With our…