Tag: Climate change
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The Brazilian Amazon is Still Ravaged by Fires
Fire outbreaks cause concern as they occur even as Amazon deforestation continues to decline. In the first half of 2024, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) recorded 13,489 fire outbreaks in the Brazilian Amazon. RELATED: Indigenous Ecuadorians Demand to Eliminate Gas Torches in Amazon That figure is the highest one since 2004 and represents […]
July 2, 2024
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Category 4 Hurricane Beryl Makes Landfall in Grenada
Currently, hurricane warnings are in effect for Barbados, St. Vincent & the Grenadine, and Tobago. At 11:10 a.m. on Monday, the eye of Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Carriacou Island, in Grenada, with winds of 241 km/h, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC). RELATED: Beryl Becomes Earliest Category 4 Atlantic Hurricane on Record […]
July 1, 2024
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Torrential Rains Cause Massive Damages in Italy
The stormy weather led to intense flooding and extensive landslides in the Alpine Aosta Valley region. Over the weekend, Italy suffered massive damages and disruptions after exceptional downpours battered its northwestern regions. The stormy weather led to intense flooding and extensive landslides in the Alpine Aosta Valley region, which borders France, particularly affecting Piedmont. RELATED: […]
July 1, 2024
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Beryl Becomes Earliest Category 4 Atlantic Hurricane on Record
Dangerous winds and storm surges are expected in some areas of the Caribbean. On Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said that hurricane Beryl grew into an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane, making it the earliest Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic on record. RELATED: Caricom Postpones Annual Summit Over Category 4 Hurricane Beryl On […]
July 1, 2024
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Greek Firefighters Battle Major Wildfires Near Athens
Over 100 firefighters assisted by 18 water-dropping aircrafts and helicopters were battling the front. On Sunday, one person lost his life during a wildfire raging at Stamata, a northern suburb of Athens. The victim was a 45-year-old man who suffered a heart attack as flames reached his home. He was transferred to a local healthcare […]
July 1, 2024
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Wildfire Breaks Out on Mount Parnitha Near Athens
Nearly 90 firefighters were deployed in the area, assisted by at least eight water-dropping aircraft and helicopters. On Saturday, a wildfire broke out on Mount Parnitha, north of Athens, prompting a large response from local fire brigade. RELATED: Gaza Strip: Greece Proposes to the EU to Take in Children Nearly 90 firefighters were deployed in […]
June 30, 2024
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Brazil’s Pantanal Wetland Lost 61 Percent of Its Aquatic Area
So far this year, the Pantanal has recorded 3,372 fire alerts, the highest number since 1998. On Wednesday, the scientific platform MapBiomas published a study showing that the Pantanal, a gigantic wetland that Brazil shares with Bolivia and Paraguay, lost 61 percent of its water surface due to drought and fires. RELATED: Fire Destroys 1,500 […]
June 26, 2024
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US Homeless Suffer Disproportionate Impact of Heat Wave
People in extreme poverty are 200 times more likely to die from heat-related causes than sheltered people, THN said. The intense heat wave that recently shattered temperature records across the United States is subsiding this week in parts of the country, temporarily bringing relief to Americans. However, it continues to disproportionately affect the homeless, who […]
June 26, 2024
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Zambia: WWF Partners to Implement 2 Climate Adaptation Projects
Nalucha Nganga-Ziba, the WWF-Zambia country director, said her organization was honored to be selected to partner with the government in implementing the two projects to support communities on sustainable crop and livestock farming and support to livestock conservation.
June 24, 2024
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Heavy Rains Leave Over 7,000 People affected in Central America
So far, the countries most affected by the ravages of the rains have been El Salvador and Honduras. In the third week of June, intense rains in Central America have left at least 16 dead and over 7,000 people affected. As of Tuesday, the most affected countries had been El Salvador and Honduras, with 11 […]