The unusual rains torrential in Dubai provoked floods on modern highways and chaos in the airport Wednesday after a storm brought record rainfall. The 254 millimeters of rain, equivalent to the rainfall that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) receives in two years, generated a monumental traffic jam on the six-lane highways and a 70-year-old man […]
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Australia ends the El Niño phenomenon after a year of duration
The meteorological phenomenon of The boywhich is usually linked to a rise in temperatures, has ended, as announced this Tuesday by the Australian Department of Meteorology. “The boy is no longer active“, the agency noted in a statement, after this meteorological phenomenon that occurs periodically but irregularly (with intervals of between two and seven years) […]
More than 3,000 fires in the Brazilian Amazon, a historical record in February
The Brazilian Amazon had a record of 3,158 fires last February, a number that almost doubles the worst records for this month, which are the 1,761 fires that occurred in 2007, according to official data released this Friday. The data is surprising because it occurs in the middle of the rainy season and contrasts with […]
Water crisis will cut income to the Panama Canal by up to US$ 700 million
He Panama Canal It plans to earn up to US$ 700 million less in tolls due to the restriction on ship transits that it has had to implement due to the drought, announced this Wednesday the administrator of the maritime route, Ricaurte Vásquez. “We consider that it is possible that we will have a reduction […]
Storm with hurricane-force winds leaves deaths and destruction in Argentina and Uruguay
A severe storm with rains and winds of more than 150 km/hour left at least 14 dead, destroyed, semi-paralyzed several cities in the center of Argentina and left two dead in the west of Uruguay this weekend, official sources reported. Argentine President Javier Milei traveled on Sunday to Bahía Blanca, a port city 800 km […]
UNESCO: reserves and geoparks in Latin America underestimate climate risks
Climate risks for biosphere reserves and geoparks Latin America are higher than previously believed and the authorities that manage them underestimate these conditions, which will worsen in the immediate and medium-term future, according to a study presented this Tuesday by the UNESCO. Through the analysis of 10 biosphere reserves and 5 geoparks in 9 Latin […]
The death toll increases due to the rains caused in Kenya by El Niño
The number of deaths in Kenya by rains torrential rains and floods caused by the El Niño meteorological phenomenon increased from 136 to 154, while more than 500,000 people have been displaced, the Government reported today. Government spokesman Isaac Mwaura indicated that 38 of the African country’s 47 counties are affected by floods. “Food distribution […]
Rental bonus for victims of rain in Cajamarca: how to access it?
Lease bonus. The Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation (MVCS) issued a new call for the delivery of bonuses to families who were affected in the first half of the year, as a result of the rains and subsequent landslides in Cajamarca. In this way, there will be 450 beneficiaries, as stated in a ministerial […]
Bridge in Pozo Negro, Arequipa: when will the work that will cost 2 million soles begin?
In the sector Black Pitdistrict of Paucarpata, Arequipa region, a bridge with an investment of S/2 million, with the purpose of improving the living conditions of citizens and reducing the risks generated by flooding due to rain and landslides in the area. This project is promoted within the framework of the emergency declaration issued by […]
Arid crevices and unusual beaches, the new face of an Amazon in crisis
With the river – the only means of transportation – almost dry, the inhabitants of Santa Clara have to walk two hours every four days to get drinking water because the lack of rains leaves an unusual impression on the Amazon Colombian: arid and extensive cracks Beaches that cause anxiety among the riverside residents. The […]