Tag: floods
“They have forgotten us”: more than a year and a half after floods, Verviers is still struggling with broken sewers | Interior
On 14 and 15 July 2021, extremely heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding left a trail of destruction in large parts of Wallonia. Now, more than a year and a half…
Earthquake area in Turkey now hit by floods: several dead, tents of survivors flooded | Abroad
Local media share images of completely flooded streets and cars drifting away, the Turkish state news agency Anadolu writes that houses have also been flooded. The earthquakes in southern Turkey…
Floods in Malaysia leave at least 3 dead
03/03/2023 at 07:03 TEC Heavy rainfall also forces the evacuation of almost 35,000 people At least three people have died and almost 35,000 have been evacuated by the floods affecting…
Floods like those of 1953 are still possible
Floods like those of 1953 are still possible A lot of work has already been done to protect our coast, but the risk of flooding remains, especially in the ports.…
Insurers already paid out 2 billion euros after the July 2021 floods
The insurance companies have already paid out 2 billion euros in compensation for the severe floods that occurred in Belgium in July 2021. Assuralia, the umbrella organization of the insurance…
At least two dead in New Zealand floods | Abroad
In Auckland, with a population of about 1.6 million, accounting for a third of New Zealand’s total population, 249 millimeters of rain fell on Friday. That is the amount that…
At least two dead in New Zealand floods | Abroad
In Auckland, with a population of about 1.6 million, accounting for a third of New Zealand’s total population, 249 millimeters of rain fell on Friday. That is the amount that…
The World Cup floods schools with 500 million stickers
I didn’t even know it and it’s not because he kept it very hidden, that goes, but it turns out that the colleague Sergi More has one of the most…
Benjamin (16) ran a climate march for Rosa, his girlfriend who died during the floods in Wallonia: “Her death should not be in vain” | Inland
No clearer cry for climate attention between the 30,000 demonstrators yesterday afternoon than that of Benjamin Van Bunderen Robberechts (16) from Dwerp. His girlfriend, 15-year-old Rosa, died last summer during…
UNICEF: 1.5 million children threatened by Nigeria floods
In the West African country of Nigeria, more than 1.5 million children are threatened by disease, starvation and drowning as a result of flooding caused by climate change. All together,…