Showing posts with label catastrophes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label catastrophes. Show all posts
Friday, September 03, 2021
Toxic leak from Angola diamond mine kills 12 in DR Congo - BBC News
A toxic leak from a massive diamond mine in Angola killed at least 12 people and left 4,500 sick, a minister in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo says.
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Congo River,
diamond mines,
ecosystem,
leaks,
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Monday, April 05, 2021
Sunday, March 12, 2017
UN Warns of Greatest Crisis in Decades: More than 20 Million Facing Starvation
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catastrophes,
children,
Nigeria,
Somalia,
starvation,
UNICEF,
United Nations,
WW2,
Yemen
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Canadian wildfire city : Wildfire spared 90 percent of Fort McMurray
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Alberta,
Canada,
catastrophes,
cities,
damage,
evacuation,
homes,
Private insurers,
rescue operation,
wildfires
Friday, May 06, 2016
Alberta wildfire could cause record insurance losses in Canada
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Alberta,
Canada,
catastrophes,
cities,
damage,
evacuation,
homes,
Private insurers,
rescue operation,
wildfires
Thursday, May 05, 2016
Canada steps up efforts to battle Alberta wildfire
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Alberta,
Canada,
catastrophes,
cities,
damage,
evacuation,
rescue operation,
wildfires
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Tuesday, December 01, 2015
Thursday, July 02, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Thursday, January 01, 2015
Eco Isotop and Geo Introspect Flash News (January 2015 - A)
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Les pertes économiques liées aux désastres et catastrophes naturelles sont évaluées à 113 milliards de dollars (90,7 milliards d’euros) en 2014, en recul de 16% par rapport à 2013 - où ce montant atteignait 135 milliards de dollars - selon une première estimation du groupe suisse de réassurance Swiss Re publiée mercredi......................Dans l’ordre, les pertes les plus importantes ont été causées par les tempêtes de neige au Japon en février dernier
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Monday, December 08, 2014
Israel's Greatest Ecological Catastrophe Unfolding in Arava Desert
The crude oil spill in the Arava Desert, southern Israel, is 'twice as bad as initially estimated,' according to the Israeli Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company....
"The volume of crude oil that spilled into the Arava Desert last week is 60 percent larger than the amount that was originally reported, the company responsible for the pipeline acknowledged on Sunday night," Haaretz, the Israeli news agency reported.
"The volume of crude oil that spilled into the Arava Desert last week is 60 percent larger than the amount that was originally reported, the company responsible for the pipeline acknowledged on Sunday night," Haaretz, the Israeli news agency reported.
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catastrophes,
environment,
Israel,
Jordan,
leaks,
natural disasters,
nature,
Oil,
pipelines
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Climate catastrophe? Weather anomalies to double in 20 years – expert
Both experts and residents of various continents are surprised at the twists and turns of this winter’s weather. Christmas thaw was something the residents of many Central Russian cities have never seen. The coldest temperature of the century left the Niagara Falls icebound. A persistent heat wave in Australia with temperatures reaching 42 degrees above zero Celsius prompted the organizers to cancel the prestigious Australia Open tennis tournament.
Director of the Climate and Energy Programme of the World Wildlife Fund, Alexei Kokorin, believes that weather extremes will grow increasingly frequent in the next few decades due to the ongoing climate change. Weather freaks on all continents stem from one process and are related to atmospheric and ocean physics.
Director of the Climate and Energy Programme of the World Wildlife Fund, Alexei Kokorin, believes that weather extremes will grow increasingly frequent in the next few decades due to the ongoing climate change. Weather freaks on all continents stem from one process and are related to atmospheric and ocean physics.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Vers des cyclones plus violents et pluvieux .
AFP - Les climatologues n'ont toujours pas établi de lien
formel entre cyclones et réchauffement climatique, mais ils s'attendent à
des phénomènes de plus en plus violents liés à la montée de la
température des océans.
Au moment même où les Philippines comptaient leurs morts, dont le total pourrait dépasser les 10.000 après le passage du typhon Haiyan, la 19e conférence de l'ONU sur le changement climatique s'ouvrait lundi à Varsovie: plus de 190 nations épaulées par une armée d'experts forts de très peu de certitudes.
L'étude des cyclones manque cruellement, il est vrai, de "bases de données assez homogènes car il n'y avait pas de satellites avant les années 70", fait remarquer Fabrice Chauvin, chercheur au Centre national de recherches météorologiques, à Toulouse.
Au moment même où les Philippines comptaient leurs morts, dont le total pourrait dépasser les 10.000 après le passage du typhon Haiyan, la 19e conférence de l'ONU sur le changement climatique s'ouvrait lundi à Varsovie: plus de 190 nations épaulées par une armée d'experts forts de très peu de certitudes.
L'étude des cyclones manque cruellement, il est vrai, de "bases de données assez homogènes car il n'y avait pas de satellites avant les années 70", fait remarquer Fabrice Chauvin, chercheur au Centre national de recherches météorologiques, à Toulouse.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Frantic search for China quake survivors .... Rescuers overcome landslides and 1,100 aftershocks to reach Sichuan region where earthquake killed at least 203 people.
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Thousands of rescuers are fighting to thwart a rising death toll as
they search earthquake-shattered villages in southwest China for
survivors.
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China,
earthquake,
japan,
survivors
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
'Catastrophic': Hundreds of wildfires rage in Australia amid record heat wave (VIDEO, PHOTOS RT)
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A heat wave that has already caused devastating fires on the Island
state of Tasmania, with 100 people still missing, has now moved to
mainland Australia and is reaping havoc in New South Wales, as the heat
wave looks to smash records. In some areas temperatures have shot up by as much as 20C in three hours and combined with 50 mph winds have created disastrous fire conditions.
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Australia,
catastrophes,
heat wave,
Tasmania,
temperatures,
wildfires
Sunday, January 06, 2013
With disasters on the rise, relief is the problem
The popular perception that natural disasters are on the rise has now
been confirmed. Private insurers are preparing for rough weather, and
governments would do well to heed calls for more precautionary measures.
Munich Re, the world's largest re-insurer, had little good news to
report in its January 3 wrap-up of disasters in 2012. Hurricane Sandy,
droughts in the American Midwest, an Italian earthquake, a series of
Midwest tornadoes and Typhoon Bopha in the Philippines were just five of
the more than 900 events worldwide that caused $160 billion-worth of
damage (122 billion euros) to the worldwide economy.
Since 2006 it has been rare for worldwide disasters to number under 900 in any given year. This is in stark contrast to the 1980s, when a terrible year might have seen a mere 500 disasters.
Since 2006 it has been rare for worldwide disasters to number under 900 in any given year. This is in stark contrast to the 1980s, when a terrible year might have seen a mere 500 disasters.
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