October 7, 2024
The river port in the Amazon rainforest’s largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of grain exports and essential supplies that are the region’s lifeline. Below-average rainfall …
September 26, 2024
Wealthy neighborhoods in Quito remain under threat of flames, and schools have shifted to online teaching through the end of the week as firefighters battle forest fires in Ecuador’s capital. Quito Mayor Pabel Muñoz of the left-wing Citizen Revolution party …
September 23, 2024
Much of Brazil is burning as tens of thousands of fires rage around the country, half of them in the Amazon rainforest. Exacerbated by a severe drought, the fires threaten one of the world’s most crucial ecosystems and are consuming …
September 19, 2024
Firefighters are battling blazes in the region of Aveiro and other areas of northern Portugal for a fourth day after temperatures increased earlier this week. About 4,000 firefighters as well as 22 aircraft were facing active wildfires as of 9 …
September 13, 2024
South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest through the world’s largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year up to Sept. 11. Satellite data …
September 12, 2024
With summer drawing to a close in Canada, the 2024 wildfire season is shaping up as one of the most destructive on record, largely due to the devastation caused by a blaze that ripped through a tourist town in the …
September 6, 2024
Four natural catastrophes over four weeks during Canada’s summer season have resulted in about five times the amount of claims than the 20-year average, reported the Insurance Bureau of Canada. About 228,000 home, auto and business insurance claims have been …
September 3, 2024
Insured losses have surged in the past decade as climate change in Canada sparks wildfires, intense hailstorms and thunderstorms with severe flooding in major cities. Insured losses from natural disasters averaged C$2.2 billion ($1.63 billion) a year over the last …
August 28, 2024
This summer’s devastating wildfire in Jasper, Canada resulted in more than C$880 million (US$653.4 million) in insured damage, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), quoting data provided by Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). The sudden and intense …
August 27, 2024
Thunderstorm alerts are in place for a swath of Europe from the south of France to the Balkans. There are orange warnings for Lombardy, Piedmont, Tuscany and Umbria in Italy, as the summer heat gives way to violent storms. Serbia …