Tag: drought
Heat and drought: First major forest fire in Spain
As of: April 15, 2024 5:43 p.m Summer hasn’t even really started yet – and Spain is already battling the first major forest fires. Around 180 people had to be…
Spain: Record drought exposes sunken village in Catalonia
There is drought in Catalonia and water is scarce. Due to the lack of rain, the reservoir around Barcelona is only five percent full. A village with a church tower…
Is the seasonal rate launched in Toulouse fair for residents?
Take care of the Garonne when it needs it most. When in summer or early autumn, in periods of drought, it reveals its pebbles because its level is alarming and…
Weather: Drought: Zimbabwe declares state of disaster
Weather Drought: Zimbabwe declares state of disaster A woman carries a sack of corn flour that she received at a World Food Program distribution center: a state of emergency has…
Bavaria: The battle for water distribution is intensifying – Bavaria
The municipality of Nordhalben is rich in water, but cannot benefit from it. Instead, most of the valuable commodity flows to Erlangen and enables growth there. Now the town is…
Bavaria is experiencing a March with record temperatures – Bavaria
Sunny, but also too warm and too dry – that was March in Bavaria. As the German Weather Service (DWD) announced on Tuesday in Offenbach, a temperature record was set…
Water shortages in Catalonia also have consequences for tourism
As of: March 29, 2024 3:14 a.m In Barcelona, conspicuous posters say: “Drought! Help save water”. There has been too little rain in Catalonia for three years. This also has…
Climate crisis: This is how extreme the year 2023 was
CO₂ emissions, melting glaciers, heat in the ocean: the World Weather Organization is reporting records for all climate indicators. But at least one of them is good news. source site
The winter of 2024 recharged the water tables much more than in 2023 – Libération
The contrast is striking. A year ago, at the end of winter, the map of the state of water tables in mainland France was mainly covered in orange and yellow.…
EU Environment Agency: Europe’s states ill-prepared for the consequences of climate change – Knowledge
A short tour of Europe is enough to anticipate the coming catastrophes. From the Ahr Valley, where the construction work is far from being completed and there is great fear…