Tag: floods
With global warming, the risk of 100-year floods increases by 40% in Paris
Will Paris soon have its feet in the water? If the formula is smiling, the projections of the consequences of global warming on the French capital – where the temperature…
Floods kill more than 80
Sudan is once again hit by a dramatic natural disaster. Floods following heavy rains have left more than 80 people dead in the country and damaged or destroyed thousands of…
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…
At least seven dead in New York floods, police say
At least seven people were killed in flooding overnight in New York City from Wednesday to Thursday in the wake of Hurricane Ida, police sources said. Kathy Hochul, the governor…
“Sponge city” against floods: How Offenbach wants to defy heavy rain
As of: 08/26/2021 4:26 p.m. Not only since the July flood has been considered how cities can better cope with heavy rain. One idea: the “sponge city”. Offenbach, for example,…
the Var affected by floods, a hundred firefighters mobilized
After the fire, the flood. This Tuesday, 18 adults and four children were brought to safety in Pignans in the Var, while the town is in the grip of significant…
Climate change has aggravated floods in NRW – knowledge
from Benjamin von Brackel After the devastating heavy rain in western Germany, it didn’t take long before the search for the culprit began. Was it a freak of nature that…
Storm in the USA: Dead in floods in Tennessee
As of: 08/22/2021 11:04 a.m. In the US state of Tennessee, floods have torn away cars and houses. According to the authorities, there were at least ten dead. The first…
Storm in the USA: Dead in floods in Tennessee
Status: 08/22/2021 9:54 p.m. After heavy rains, flash floods occurred in the US state of Tennessee. According to the authorities, there were at least 16 deaths. Around 30 people are…
Storm in the USA: Dead in floods in Tennessee
As of: 08/22/2021 11:04 a.m. In the US state of Tennessee, floods have torn away cars and houses. According to the authorities, there were at least ten dead. The first…