Tag: Natural disaster
Munich Re boss criticizes climate policy: “There are many declarations of intent”
Major weather extremes warning Hurricane Frances caused great devastation on the Florida coast: Munich Re criticizes the current climate policy. (Photo: dpa) Munich The consequences of climate change also affect…
Government wants to censor earthquake coverage in the media
Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy is not exactly a journalist who would attack the Turkish government at any opportunity. But when he was just doing his job – describing what he…
Development aid needs fundamental reform
We have to face an uncomfortable truth – and we have to act. The impact of human activity on our planet poses a threat to livelihoods and threatens to destroy…
This is how divided the world is on earthquake aid for Turkey & Syria
Rome Tents, camp beds, sleeping bags and winter clothing are taken out of the hangar on pallets. The Air Force loaded 50 tons of relief supplies here during the night,…
This is how divided the world is on earthquake aid for Turkey & Syria
Rome Tents, camp beds, sleeping bags and winter clothing are taken out of the hangar on pallets. The Air Force loaded 50 tons of relief supplies here during the night,…
After the earthquake – election campaign between rubble
Ankara Little Enite was lucky in misfortune. The two-year-old girl from the southern Turkish city of Antakya was trapped in the rubble of a collapsed house in freezing temperatures. She…
Heavy storm on the Italian island of Ischia – at least one dead
Mediterranean island of Ischia At least one person died in a violent storm on the Italian island. (Photo: AP) Casamicciola Cars sunken in the mud, buses torn into the sea,…
High inflation becomes a problem
Frankfurt, Munich Persistently high inflation is becoming a massive cost driver for insurers and their customers. It is now becoming apparent that the significantly increased raw material and procurement prices…
Tornado plunges small town Mayfield into disaster
Maryfield The small town in the US state of Kentucky was hit particularly hard by the tornado. (Photo: AP) Mayfield Autumn Kirks tore her goggles from her eyes, pushed buckets…
Italy: Tornado throws cars through the air – two dead – News abroad
Tornado in vacationer’s paradise … Two people died in a hurricane on the Italian island of Pantelleria. Nine more were injured, the Italian civil protection authority announced on Friday. According…