Tag: damage
Building check: how to prevent storm damage – economy
Water in the basement, broken windows and roofs are every homeowner’s nightmare. But it doesn’t have to come to that. What to watch out for so that rain and storm…
No casualties but material damage after the overnight floods
The record precipitation on Wednesday evening – the equivalent of two months of rain that fell in one evening – caused “great material damage” in the city center of Agen…
Fetal alcoholism, a taboo that lasts and still causes damage in more than one in 100 babies
It is an acronym, rather unknown but which is nevertheless the first cause of non-genetic mental handicap in children. The SAF, or fetal alcohol syndrome, affects one in every 1,000…
Biden assesses “Ida” damage: “Global warming is real”
Status: 07.09.2021 9:42 p.m. Hurricane “Ida” raged from the south of the USA to the densely populated northeast – with devastating consequences. For US President Biden, this sends a clear…
Heavy rains cause heavy damage but no casualties
“We had the impression that it was the end of the world”. This is how Joan Roig, the mayor of Alcanar, described the downpours that fell on his town on…
Hurricane “Ida”: “Catastrophic Damage” in Louisiana
As of: 08/30/2021 9:19 pm Flooded streets, covered roofs, more than a million people without electricity: Hurricane “Ida” caused severe damage in the southern United States around New Orleans. The…
two indictments after the damage to a Simone Veil stele
Arrested at the beginning of the week, two men were indicted and placed under judicial supervision for having degraded the stele in memory of Simone Veil in Perros-Guirec (Côtes-d’Armor), announced…
Insurers estimate: flood damage far higher than feared
Status: 08/25/2021 1:20 p.m. The flood disaster caused significantly greater damage than previously thought. According to the latest estimates, the insured damage alone adds up to seven billion euros –…
Two arrests after the damage to the Simone Veil stele
Two men were arrested and taken into police custody in the case of the damage to the Simone Veil stele. Installed in Perros-Guirec, in the Côtes d’Armor, the monument tribute…
Global warming: tipping points drive up climate damage
The world climate report warns of far-reaching consequences if the ice sheets collapse, the Gulf Stream breaks off or the Amazon rainforest dies. Researchers have now calculated that this would…