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Poor health status of surface waters in Europe Due to climate change, pollution (for example coal use, car emissions and pesticide), degraded habitat and unregulated use of water resources only about one third of surface waters in Europe would enjoy a good health or high ecological status, which would be a measure related to the health of the aquatic ecosystem; at least from what emerges from the data of an environmental agency that warns of how this is an unprecedented challenge, then there is talk of reducing water consumption as a priority as well as restoring ecosystems. To be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues the wave of bad weather that hit Liguria region in Italy with flooding and landslides, particularly affected Albenga and Finale Ligure, then it seems that almost a waterfall formed from a bridge between Varazze and Arenzano. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 17, 2024 
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 Remains of a hurricane reach France The "Kirk" hurricane, significantly weakened, affected areas in the south of France causing one victim, then there is talk of interruption of the electricity supply and flooded roads due to torrential rainfall; damage previously also in Portugal and Spain with uprooted trees. In Italy one person is missing due to the flooding of the Piave river in Veneto region, the level of the rivers monitored in Trentino and Liguria regions is high. To be noted by changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic themes of the victims (at a boarding house) in Florida due to dozens of tornadoes caused by Hurricane "Milton", the authorities warn people who did not want to leave their homes not to move because the weather conditions are prohibitive and it would also be difficult to intervene for any rescue, two million users without electricity supply. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 10, 2024 n°: 5770 Heated discussions around the COP29 conference While discussions continue among states that will participate in the COP29 conference on the reduction of polluting emissions in Azerbaijan in Baku, for example around the allocations to be allocated to developing nations affected by climate change that it has not caused, some say that perhaps we are already looking at the next COP30 to be held in Brazil and that now we find ourselves practically on the same low-profile line as the last COP28 in Dubai, defined as decidedly not very incisive. To be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues evacuations in Florida due to the arrival of the potentially very dangerous category five hurricane called "Milton" just over a week after Hurricane "Helene" which left a trail of destruction in this state and in North Carolina there is still talk of places awaiting the intervention of rescue. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 08, 2024 n°: 5768 Difficulties in North Carolina hit by a strong hurricane The search for victims in North Carolina presents considerable difficulties especially in the mountains in areas west of the American state; in fact, the "Helene" hurricane has made the roads unusable, damaged the energy network, the communications network and there is also a lack of water. The number of missing is not clear, then the death toll rose to over two hundred (between Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee) and a week after the strong vortex that recalls the trail of destruction left by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, efforts are still being made to organise relief, aid and reconstruction. To be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues evacuations as a precaution in Emilia Romagna even in the same areas hit hard by devastating floods in 2023, are talking about people exasperated by the precarious situation. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 04, 2024 n°: 5765 Torrential monsoon rains in Nepal At least one hundred and seventy people have died in the Himalayan republic due to torrential monsoon rainfall with consequent devastating floods (the Bagmati river and part of its many tributaries have broken their banks), particularly affected the capital Kathmandu where entire blocks have been flooded with water, mud and debris. The highway that connects the big city with other important locations in the country was damaged. There is talk of people who had to jump from one roof to another until they found a suitable one to get down and save themselves without being dragged by the force of the mud, considerable damage to the capital and difficult intervention by rescuers. Changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic themes to report that the death toll from hurricane "Helene" in the United States has increased to almost one hundred. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 30, 2024 n°: 5761 A hurricane lashes Florida and Georgia At least three victims (two in Georgia and one in Florida) and a million homes were left without electricity supply due to the hurricane called "Helene" classified as category four and characterized by wind gusts that can reach two hundred and fifty kilometers per hour. The strong vortex first lashed Mexico and then Florida, Georgia and is affecting other neighboring states, there is talk of evacuations with the authorities very worried in case the population does not want to leave their homes, but appeals follow one another since it is also a matter of putting the lives of rescuers at risk. It must be considered that interventions in these weather conditions are becoming very difficult as is happening in many countries around the world affected by increasingly intense extreme phenomena and which would require specially designed special vehicles. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 27, 2024 n°: 5759 Flooding in Japan's Ishikawa region Rainfall defined as unprecedented has affected the Ishikawa region of central Japan with consequent flooding and landslides, there is talk of one victim, at least seven missing and tens of thousands of people evacuated. The banks of a dozen rivers on the west coast of the country were damaged and had been hit by a strong earthquake on New Year's Day (two hundred and thirty-six victims) with epicenter near Noto, now particularly affected by flooding, as well as the cities of Wajima and Suzu, then also the prefectures of Niigata and Yamagata. The authorities have warned the population not to put their lives at risk due to the high-risk situation due to the large amount of rain that has fallen with records in rain gauges compared to the data available since 1929 with over one hundred and twenty millimeters of rain for now monitored in Wajima in the morning. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 23, 2024 n°: 5755 Vast fires in Portugal At least seven people have been killed by fires in central and northern areas of Portugal, then there is talk of many houses burned, tens of thousands of hectares of forest and vegetation gone up in smoke; the authorities who have declared a state of emergency that allows the mobilization of over five thousand firefighters to face the often uncontrollable flames (teams have also arrived from Spain to help). The case of suspicious fires is being investigated, while experts argue that climate change combined with the abandonment of traditional forestry and cultivation techniques leave many dry brushwood that often burn easily as a trigger. To report shifting the attention to an opposite scenario, as is happening for the flooded areas in Emilia Romagna, the problem of repairing embankments without having built expansion basins and floodplain areas. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 20, 2024 n°: 5753 Tackling floods in Europe Following the heavy rainfall that has raised the level of many large rivers in Europe to worrying levels due to storm "Boris" further flooding is expected due to flood waves, the authorities in Germany and Austria are trying to deal with the situation even if some argue that it is necessary to carry out structural works for example to avoid substantial damage to the cultural and artistic heritage (not counting the twenty-one victims, the twelve thousand evacuations in Czechoslovakia, the state of emergency in Poland); then the costs to repair the damage would be higher than those that had to be invested to limit global warming. To be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues the fires that are devastating the vegetation of the Brasilia National Park releasing columns of smoke that are suffocating the big city in a pall of dense haze also struggling with a prolonged drought defined as historic. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 17, 2024 n°: 5750 Philippines most affected by climate change According to a report based on a geometric calculation on the exposure and vulnerability of a territory with respect to climate change and on the basis of other parameters referring to the exposed population, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, cyclones, droughts and sea level rise, the Philippines for the third consecutive year remains the country most at risk (almost forty-seven points calculated). Indonesia is in second place, India is third, Colombia is fourth, Mexico is fifth (about ten points behind the first); then Myanmar, Mozambique, the Russian Federation, Bangladesh and Pakistan. This unhealthy ranking from an environmental point of view could be useful for deciding the measures and actions necessary to try to mitigate the risk of disasters and also to prevent the population from falling into poverty due to extreme events and adverse climate phenomena. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 14, 2024 n°: 5748 Ambience and Nature * The author doesn't assume some kind of responsibility for the bad use of the articles councils (all rights are reserved) |
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