Tag: Drought
Massive fire and intense drought in the American West
A month after its outbreak, the Hermits Peak Fire is only 20% contained in the western United States. A gigantic fire, contained to only 20% a month after its outbreak,…
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: the drought action plan triggered, 12 municipalities under restriction
The Alpes-de-Haute-Provence prefecture announced this Friday, May 6, the triggering of the drought action plan on the Calavon and Nesque watersheds. Limitations have therefore been imposed by the prefecture on…
North Korea mobilizes office workers to fight drought amid food shortage
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had called for measures to improve a tight food situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic and typhoons, despite slight improvements early last year. Drought…
Drought in Switzerland: the latest reports
The latest developments In April, the Swiss Mittelland hardly got any rain. The temperature was up to two degrees above average. The situation in Ticino is particularly tense: the last…
The fear of a new escalation in Ukraine, Macron at Notre-Dame, Le Pen in Provence, the start of drought in France… This Friday’s news
News Macron and Le Pen continue their campaign. The two finalists clashed this Friday through the media. The RN candidate chained the morning shows on France Bleu Vaucluse, then France…
It’s getting wet – the end of the drought in Carinthia in sight
Not only rain, but even snow is announced in Carinthia. And the parched ground is in dire need of several lows. After a month and a half of drought –…
Drought in northern Italy: experts warn of water shortages
The Po River has not been as low as it has been in recent months for decades. The drought in northern Italy has lasted for a hundred days. This could…
Outdoor Fire Ban – Extreme drought increases the risk of fire in the country
Fire ban in almost all districtsBecause of the extreme drought, almost all district authorities have imposed fire bans, the LAWZ confirms: “In Villach, Spittal, Feldkirchen, Völkermarkt, Wolfsberg and St. Veit,…
Due to drought – forest fire near Meiringen is under control – News
The fire brigade managed to contain the fire in the Wysland forest near Meiringen in the Bernese Oberland on Monday night. However, rail traffic between Lucerne and Interlaken Ost is…
Risk of drought – Discarded ash led to forest fire
The fact that the currently prevailing drought can become extremely dangerous was shown on Sunday in Pirching amtraubenberg (southeastern Styria district): After an 80-year-old man was likely to have disposed…
Romane Miradoli wins the Lenzerheide super-G and ends the French drought
Les Bleues had been waiting for this for seventeen years! Romane Miradoli won the super-G in Lenzerheide (Switzerland) on Saturday March 5, signing at the same time the first French…
Spain and Portugal hit by drought in the middle of winter
The church of a village engulfed by a hydraulic dam emerges, due to the drought which hits Spain, on February 10, 2022 in Vilanova de Sau (AFP/Aitor De ITURRIA) “I’ve…