The search for French and Italian flood victims in alpine villages and nearby beaches has become even more ferocious as officials say violent rains have washed away bodies from cemeteries down the mountain. A spokesman for France’s Alps-Maritimes regional administration, badly affected by the hurricane along the Italian territories of …
Read More »Two dead and 24 missing after floods in France and Italy | World News
Floods caused by record rains in mountainous areas of France and Italy have killed two people and left at least 24 missing in both countries. A hurricane that destroyed bridges all night due to flooding on both sides of the border to southeastern France and then to northern Italy, blocking …
Read More »Venezuela’s food chain is breaking, and Million Go Hungry
Anna Noise, a retired municipal worker in western Venezuela, says her diet often consists of just a few corn-flour pancakes, known as airspace. Even when she has the money to buy groceries at Maracaibo’s teaming flea market, she said that “instead of quality food they sell waste like animal hide …
Read More »Hurricane Laura leaves damage behind in Louisiana, weakening for tropical depression
Michael and Darlene Taylor sort through a freezer damaged by Hurricane Laura August 27, 2020 in Grand Lake, Louisiana. Hurricane Laura came ashore and brought rain and strong winds to the southeast of the state, reaching wind speeds of 150 km / h and a storm surge of 9-12 meters. …
Read More »Weak but still dangerous, Tropical Storm Laura remains a threat
Remnants of Hurricane Laura caused heavy rains and tornadoes hundreds of miles into the country, loosening a path of death and damaged buildings along the Gulf Coast, and forecasters warned that an easterly bend would again threaten the storm, this time for the densely populated area. Eastern Seaboard. Trees were …
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