Tag: Severe weather
climate disasters cost insurers 6.5 billion euros in 2023
In 2023, climate disasters in France cost 6.5 billion euros to insurers who are worried about “ change of scale » and the acceleration of these devastating events, Florence Lustman,…
severe bad weather in the South-East, seven people missing
The bad weather triggered by the passage of depression Monica continues to hit the south of the country, and more particularly the South-East. Seven people went missing this Sunday, March…
“We have entered into the tough,” announce the authorities
This Monday, January 15 in the morning, the eye of cyclone Belal arrived on the French island of Reunion, now on red alert, causing the first death, a homeless person…
The distress of the inhabitants of Nord-Pas-Calais hit again by floods
In France, more than 10,000 homes are without electricity in the north of the country. Nord-Pas-de-Calais affected by major flooding for the second time in less than 3 months. An…
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,…
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…
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,…
Floods and bad weather in Pas-de-Calais: “The population is overwhelmed”
Pas-de-Calais returns to red level alert due to further heavy rainfall forecast between Thursday and Friday. Showers accompanied by violent gusts of wind will sweep across the Channel, Normandy and…
France is preparing for the passage of storm Ciaran from this Wednesday evening
A large quarter of north-west France is preparing to face, from this Wednesday evening, November 1st, the very strong autumn storm Ciaran. Gusts of up to 170 km per hour,…