The entire valley of the Lonza River has been classified as a maximum-risk natural disaster zone. Days after a landslide of earth, mud and rocks buried the village of Blatten in the Swiss Alps, the question is emerging of where to rebuild the community for the 300 residents who lost their homes — a complex […]

In this European country, Alpine glaciers alone lost 10% of their volume between 2022 and 2023. On Wednesday, the Swiss village of Blatten was buried under an avalanche of ice, rocks and mud triggered by the melting of a nearby glacier. However, its residents were saved thanks to an early warning system. RELATED: Nigeria’s Food […]

The eruption blasted up to 3 billion tons of water vapor into the atmosphere in just one hour. On Wednesday, New Zealand and Tongan scientists confirmed that the 2022 Hunga volcano eruption in Tonga released a record-breaking steam plume, triggering far-reaching and unexpected climate impacts, driven not by sulfur, but by water vapor. RELATED: Fuego […]

Doctors Without Borders informed that the lack of clean drinking water threatens to worsen the situation in this country. On Tuesday, the military junta, which has held power in Myanmar since the 2021 coup, raised the death toll to 2,719 and the number of injured to 4,521 following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck the north-central […]

The death toll could reach at least 1,000 people, the USGS forecasts. On Friday, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake shook central-northern Myanmar, leaving hundreds dead and injured across the country, where the military government declared a state of emergency. RELATED: Earthquakes in Myanmar Severely Affect Public Infrastructure The tremor was recorded at 12:50 p.m. local time, at […]

The 7.7-magnitude quake was also felt in Thailand, where the seismic movement also caused buildings to collapse. On Friday, Marie Manrique, the coordinator of the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), stated that key infrastructure in Myanmar had been affected by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in the northwest of the country, which was followed minutes […]

This volcano’s last eruption occurred in June 2018, resulting in the deaths of over 400 people and the destruction of several towns. On Monday, Guatemala’s Civil Protection recommended the “immediate” evacuation of 30,000 people at risk due to the ongoing eruption of the Fuego volcano in the southern and western regions of the Central American […]

Over 11,000 residents and tourists left Santorini within the first 10 days of the tremors. On Tuesday, the Greek government introduced an initial set of measures to support businesses on Santorini, which has been experiencing hundreds of earthquakes for a third consecutive week. RELATED: Greece Introduces Measures to Safeguard Minors Online The emergency measures allow […]

The average temperature over European land rose 2.51 degrees above the 1991-2000 January average. On Thursday, the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported that January 2025 was the warmest on record globally, with the average surface temperature 0.79 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2000 January average. RELATED: South America at the Crossroads of Climate Change: […]

As firefighters continue to battle wildfires in the LA area, winds are expected to intensify in the coming days. On Sunday, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said that gusty winds and persistently dry weather are increasing extreme fire threats in the region. Northeast wind gusts surpassed 50 miles (about 80 km) per hour, […]