(Reuters) – Coastal residents in low-lying areas of Louisiana and Cuba were evacuated on Sunday as roads turned into rivers in Haiti’s capital as twin hurricanes threatened the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf Coast. Marco, which intensified after a hurricane on Sunday and is expected to hit the Louisiana coast …
Read More »China evacuates 100,000 if floods threaten the heritage site
Floodwaters reach the feet of the Leshan Giant Buddha after heavy rainfall, in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China August 18, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Floods in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday, threatening a …
Read More »‘Canary in coal’: Greenland ice is shrinking further back, study finds
(Reuters) – Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with ice likely to melt, no matter how fast global warming emits from global warming, new research suggests. A fishing vessel will be in the ice fjord near Ilulissat, Greenland 12 September 2017. Photo taken 12 September …
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