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| The Californians with nowhere to go as wildfires rage – photo essay

Added: 10.11.2021 21:22 | 803 views | 0 comments

Tens of thousands have been forced to leave their homes to escape the flames. Photographer Rachel Bujalski meets evacuees
At the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California, Michelle and Carlos Jacinto sat in their car at the fairgrounds to eat lunch and take a break from their designated temporary evacuation center. They left their home in Forestville two nights ago, as .
They packed up the car with their dogs, pictures and important papers. Michelle and Carlos had come to this evacuation center last year during the fires, but they said this time was different: they were required to wear masks and keep distant from other people in a gymnasium.

Tags: Beer , California , Fire , Photographer , Sony , Wildfires

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Oppressive heat approaches U.S. in early July as wildfires burn through Arizona

Added: 01.07.2020 18:42 | 298 views | 0 comments

A potentially historic heat wave is expected to hit more than two-thirds of the continental U.S. in the first several weeks of July, according to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center.

Tags: Wildfires , Fire

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Island nations facing a 'perfect storm' as the coronavirus intersects with hurricane season

Added: 12.06.2020 7:57 | 288 views | 0 comments

As well as being threatened by a global recession, extreme weather and the ongoing health crisis, many island economies have been hit hard by plummeting international tourism amid the pandemic.

Tags: Panda , Economy , Beer

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Earth has hottest May on record, with 2020 on track to be one of the top 10 warmest years

Added: 05.06.2020 8:00 | 285 views | 0 comments

The Earth had its hottest May ever last month, continuing an unrelenting climate change trend as 2020 is set to be among the hottest 10 years ever.

Tags: Climate change

Source: www.cnbc.com

Heat wave scorches parts of U.S. and India; Siberia experiences record high temperatures

Added: 29.05.2020 18:09 | 309 views | 0 comments

The heatwave in Siberia raises major concerns over devastating wildfires breaking out this summer as climate change accelerates permafrost melt in much of the Arctic region.

Tags: Climate change , Wildfires

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African migrant workers are unable to send money home, cutting off a lifeline to vulnerable communities

Added: 29.05.2020 11:23 | 282 views | 0 comments

The coronavirus pandemic is leaving migrant workers unable to send money or goods home to families, cutting off a vital lifeline for communities already under siege from a barrage of external shocks.

Tags: Africa , Panda , Money , Workers

Source: www.cnbc.com

Climate change is driving widespread forest death and creating shorter, younger trees

Added: 28.05.2020 19:00 | 316 views | 0 comments

The Amazon rainforest is the biggest deforestation front in the world with more than 20% of the forest already destroyed.

Tags: Climate change , Amazon , Tom Ford

Source: www.cnbc.com

This disaster could wipe out your finances – and few people are preparing for it

Added: 27.05.2020 16:54 | 335 views | 0 comments

Americans' finances have been battered by the coronavirus pandemic, and now a new threat is emerging: hurricane season. Only 15% of people polled by the American Institute of CPAs have drafted a disaster plan to deal with it.

Tags: Seat , Beer , Seal , Panda

Source: www.cnbc.com

Dow CEO Jim Fitterling on the company's flooded Michigan facility

Added: 22.05.2020 16:15 | 300 views | 0 comments

Jim Fitterling, chairman and CEO of Dow, joins "Squawk on the Street" to discuss the evacuation and flooding of its facility in Michigan.

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Don't get caught unprepared if disaster strikes. Here's what you can do to get ready

Added: 22.05.2020 14:02 | 327 views | 0 comments

With more than 38 million Americans out of work since the coronavirus pandemic began, the importance of a financial first-aid kit has never been more important.

Tags: Panda , Strikes , Beer

Source: www.cnbc.com

More dams will collapse as aging infrastructure can't keep up with climate change

Added: 21.05.2020 19:49 | 292 views | 0 comments

Aging dams in the U.S. will increasingly fail and cause death and environmental destruction as climate change makes extreme precipitation more frequent, scientists warn.

Tags: Climate change , Scientists

Source: www.cnbc.com

Photos show devastating impact of Michigan floods

Added: 21.05.2020 19:45 | 296 views | 0 comments

The failure of two Michigan dams on Tuesday evening led to devastating floods and the evacuation of more than 10,000 people.

Tags: LEDs

Source: www.cnbc.com

With an active hurricane season on the way, officials prep disaster plans for coronavirus challenges

Added: 21.05.2020 17:04 | 304 views | 0 comments

The coronavirus is complicating the job for emergency officials as they look to keep their teams and residents safe while responding to a catastrophe.

Tags: Seat , Seal , Jobs

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'Catastrophic' flooding underway as dam failures in Michigan force thousands to evacuate

Added: 20.05.2020 16:45 | 372 views | 0 comments

The collapse of the Edenville Dam and Sanford Dam in Michigan released floodwaters that have inundated houses and businesses on the Tittabawassee River.

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Climate change is fueling extreme weather that lowers cancer survival rate and threatens prevention

Added: 18.05.2020 11:00 | 345 views | 0 comments

Climate change has fueled more frequent weather disasters that release deadly carcinogens into communities and delay access to cancer treatment.

Tags: Fuel , Dell , Climate change , Cancer

Source: www.cnbc.com

Coronavirus, floods and locust swarms: Kenya is fighting a 'triple whammy' of crises

Added: 18.05.2020 6:59 | 321 views | 0 comments

Already navigating the coronavirus pandemic and the worst invasion of desert locusts for more than 25 years, parts of East Africa are now being devastated by flooding.

Tags: Panda , Africa

Source: www.cnbc.com

Tropical storm could form off the East Coast this weekend before hurricane season even begins

Added: 13.05.2020 19:52 | 271 views | 0 comments

The Atlantic hurricane season's first tropical storm could develop near Florida and the Bahamas this weekend, continuing a trend toward more preseason storms in the Atlantic in recent years.

Tags: Florida , Seal , Seat , Fire

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A third of the world could live in places as hot as the Sahara desert by 2070, WEF warns

Added: 13.05.2020 14:40 | 273 views | 0 comments

Scientists warned that billions of people could be forced to endure "unliveable" circumstances by 2070 if decisive action is not taken to halt climate change.

Tags: Scientists , Sahara , Climate change

Source: www.cnbc.com

'Very unusual': Arctic air set to hit Eastern US with record-low temperatures for May

Added: 06.05.2020 18:59 | 272 views | 0 comments

The blast of cold air set to hit the Eastern U.S. this week could bring record-low temperatures and snowfall and frost in some Northeast states.

Tags: Temperatures

Source: www.cnbc.com

'Biblical' famines could double global hunger as a result of the coronavirus crisis, UN warns

Added: 22.04.2020 14:14 | 274 views | 0 comments

Famines of "biblical proportions" are becoming a serious risk as the coronavirus crisis threatens to double the number of people nearing starvation, a U.N. body has warned.

Source: www.cnbc.com

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