Recent
Natural Events
Around 500 people were evacuated
in Trojes in the region of El Paraíso, after floods caused damages to more than
100 houses. Read
Low
Peru
Nearly 100 children under the age
of five died of pneumonia between January and April in Peru
Hurricane Bud
strengthens in Pacific as Mexico
Hurricane Bud strengthened as it
churned northwest in the Pacific, threatening the Mexican coast with high winds,
surf and heavy rain through the weekend. Read
Icy waters
flood villages in Alaska ; Wildfires in areas of
U.S.
Huge sheets of ice are clogging
the Kuskokwim River in Alaska ,
flooding villages and forcing residents to evacuate by air to the town of
Bethel in southwest Alaska
Other
Disasters Related News
Travel Safely
during Memorial Day Weekend
The Memorial Day holiday weekend
is here, and for many it means getting on the road for the first long holiday
weekend of the summer. The American Red Cross offers travel safety tips to help
you and your loved ones have a great weekend. Read
Action needed
now to prepare for severe drought
The
results from 19 different state-of-the-art climate models project extreme and
persistent drought conditions for almost all of Mexico , the Midwestern United States and most of
Central America . Read
Federal
forecasters predict a near-normal hurricane
season
The federal government is
predicting a near-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic this year: anywhere from four to eight hurricanes
forecast. Read
Refugee
farmers find solace in a floodplain
Refugees from
Burundi and
Nepal are working to
re-establish agricultural fields next to the Winooski River in Vermont
European
Commission allocates €5 million to help flood victims in South America
An estimated 1.2 million people
have been affected by heavy rains and flooding throughout the region. Hundreds
of thousands of farmers lost their crops, and many families have been forced to
flee their homes due to the high water and landslides. Entire areas are still
submerged under water. Read
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