Whopping 600,000 gallons of red wine flows down streets of Portuguese town.
Tag: Environment
Morocco earthquake: Death toll touches 2,000, people forced to spend sleepless nights
Death toll in Morocco earthquake touches 2,000
Record high global sea surface temperatures continue in August: Study
Global average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) have been consistently high over the past five months
Canada wildfires: Emergency declared in British Columbia province
Wildfires forces evacuation in Canada’s British Columbia province
Hawaii wildfires: Death toll rises to 89
The death toll due to the wildfires in Hawaii has increased to 89, said Hawaii Governor Josh Green.
Behind Delhi’s floods: A saga of encroachment of the Yamuna floodplains by settlements and large projects
Of Delhi’s 1,040 wetlands and waterbodies, none have been officially notified, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation. The city’s drainage plan and system have not been updated since the 1970s. This along with encroachment of the Yamuna floodplains makes things worse.
Smog curtain from Canadian wildfires descends on New York, American midwest again
Smoke and haze from wildfires in Canada once again drifted south, blanketing parts of the east coast and midwest of the United States, including New York City, in a curtain of smog.
Kruger National Park to go up in flames… so that the ecosystem can thrive
The controlled burning is done in mid-winter (in the southern hemisphere) to reduce the potential of wildfires in summer to keep the savannah ecosystem healthy.
Hundreds stranded as heavy rains trigger landslides on Manali-Chandigarh highway
Heavy rains and landslides have led to a 15-km traffic jam with no estimated wait time, no available accommodation and 200-odd people, most of them tourists, stranded on the national highway connecting Mandi and Kullu in Himachal Pradesh.
IMD issues heat wave alert as 54 deaths in UP linked to soaring temperatures
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a severe to very severe heat wave alert in various regions such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Vidarbha, Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana among others.
