Tag: catastrophe
Greece asks tourists to pay for storm damage
Storm “Daniel” Heavy rain had flooded 720 square kilometers of land in the Thessalian plain. (Photo: Reuters) Athens Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised the people in the flood…
Climate researcher Latif on Mediterranean storms: “Explosive brew”
Climate scientist Mojib Latif According to the expert, the consequences of climate change have been dealt with too carelessly in the past. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Forest fires in the Mediterranean…
Hannover Re expects prices to continue to rise
storm Extreme weather events hit Europe again this summer. (Photo: imago images/Kirchner-Media) Frankfurt Geopolitical uncertainties, an increase in natural catastrophes and high inflation rates are also affecting the insurance industry.…
Thousands of holidaymakers flee the flames on Rhodes
Forest fires in Rhodes Hotels and guesthouses had hoped for a new record in tourist numbers – but then the flames came. (Photo: dpa) Athens Day seven of the devastating…
Thousands of holidaymakers flee the flames on Rhodes
Forest fires in Rhodes Hotels and guesthouses had hoped for a new record in tourist numbers – but then the flames came. (Photo: dpa) Athens Day seven of the devastating…
Why the hurricane forecast is particularly difficult this year
Hurricane Ian The tropical cyclone caused major damage in September 2022. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) Frankfurt Tropical cyclones on the US coast regularly cause billions in damage. After several years of…
The Ahr Valley is experiencing an economic boom
Destroyed house in Mayschoß an der Ahr After the flood disaster, many craft businesses reopened and are now even training more apprentices. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Ahr Valley experiences a…
Two years later, insurers draw a sobering conclusion
Flood disaster in the Ahr Valley Less than half of the affected homeowners had elemental protection. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Munich The balance sheet is sobering even two years after the…
How the Ahr Valley wants to attract tourists with the processing of the disaster
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler The “Ahrtherme” bathing facility in Bad Neuenahr is still covered in mud. After the devastating destruction, the neoclassical Kurhaus on the banks of the Ahr still resembles a…
Ahr Valley wants to attract tourists with the processing of the disaster
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler The “Ahrtherme” bathing facility in Bad Neuenahr is still covered in mud. After the devastating destruction, the neoclassical Kurhaus on the banks of the Ahr still resembles a…
It is becoming more likely that Russia blew up the Kakhovka Dam
Vienna Almost two weeks after the collapse of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, the water level is slowly sinking. 37 flooded villages and a contaminated landscape remain. The health…
Massive damage after the dam was destroyed near Cherson – level continues to rise
Flooded streets in Kherson Many cities near the dam are still under water. (Photo: dpa) Riga People trapped by water masses, an interrupted drinking water supply, massive damage to the…
Fields could become desert after dam destruction
evacuation The water supply in some parts of Ukraine could become problematic. (Photo: AP) Kyiv, Moscow According to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the explosion of the dam on the Dnipro in…
Destroyed dam poses a threat to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant
Zaporizhia nuclear power plant Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which has been controlled by Russia since the beginning of the war, is around 150 kilometers northeast of the damaged dam…
Precarious situation at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant
Zaporizhia nuclear power plant Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which has been controlled by Russia since the beginning of the war, is around 150 kilometers northeast of the damaged dam…
More than 260 dead in India after serious train crash
Train crash in India It is one of the worst train accidents in India in recent decades. (Photo: dpa) New Delhi At least 288 people have died in India in…
More than 260 dead in India after serious train crash
Train crash in India It is one of the worst train accidents in India in recent decades. (Photo: dpa) New Delhi At least 261 people have died in India in…
More than 260 dead in India train crash
Train crash in India It is one of the worst train accidents in India in recent decades. (Photo: dpa) New Delhi After one of the worst train accidents in India,…
Review: The sky, fiery red – The earth on the brink of catastrophe
Munich Jimmy Carter, 98, is perhaps the most underrated US President of the past 100 years. In 1977, in his second year in office, the head of state promised to…
At least 230 dead in India train crash
Train crash in India It is one of the worst train accidents in India in recent decades. (Photo: dpa) New Delhi At least 238 people died in one of the…