3 dead and many missing due to storm and flood in France

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Thugs Shaw” newspaper, severe storms have caused French rivers to overflow their banks. Three people died near Avignon, authorities said. Many people are missing and electricity has been cut in many areas.

According to local media reports, seven people, including two children, have disappeared due to these weather conditions. are The strong storm called “Monica” brought heavy rain to this region over the weekend. They were supported by helicopters and drones in their search for the missing. The severe weather warning is still in force in several regions.

In the Alps, it rained in the form of snow and there is a risk of avalanches here. Several thousand households in the north of Nice, in the border region with Italy, experienced a temporary power outage. covered it and the urgent search for missing people continues.

Winter has taken Northern Italy under its control since the beginning of March.

Behind the Martel Valley southwest of Meran, a massive avalanche occurred Sunday afternoon (March 10) at 3:59 pm between the Waldheim Hotel and the Biathlon Center, causing damage. It yielded a lot.

The situation is also very tense in the western region of northern Italy. In the Aosta Valley on the French-Swiss border, many roads are closed. In the mountain village of Ceresole Reale, weather reporter Jacopo Zanoni of Meteo & Radar Italia measured nearly two meters of snow on rooftops on Sunday. The electricity in this area is temporarily cut off and the telephone lines are also not working.

There is also a risk of avalanche in some areas. The mayors of the affected areas are asking locals and visitors to stay in their homes and keep windows and doors closed. They were buried by an avalanche in Piz Bouin. Last week, a skier died due to an avalanche in Wales. >

In this situation, the European Environment Agency warned about hundreds of thousands of deaths and high economic damage due to climate change and announced that European politicians should act now.

Europe must take urgent action to prepare for the threat of “catastrophic consequences” of climate change, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). In its first climate risk assessment report released on Monday, the EEA warned that European adaptation strategies and measures have not kept pace with rapidly worsening risks. Global warming will worsen extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts, fires and floods even in optimistic scenarios, worsening living conditions across the continent.

Lena Yla Mononen, head of the EEA, said: extreme climate change is now the new normal. This condition should also be a warning shot. He added that European and national leaders must act now “to reduce climate risks through rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and decisive adaptation strategies and actions”.

According to the EEA report, Europe is the fastest warming continent. Since the 1980s, the rate of warming in mainland Europe has been about twice the global average.

According to the report, many marine ecosystems are suffering due to warming waters. Oxygen depletion and acidification – in addition to other human-induced environmental changes such as pollution and fishing – are at widespread risk. “This could lead to a significant loss of biodiversity, including mass die-off events,” warns the EEA. “We need to do more and adopt stronger policies,” urged Yela Mononen.

Southern Europe is most at risk according to the report, and There is the risk of fire, lack of water and heat and their impact on agriculture, work and health. Coastal flat areas are also at risk, for example by flooding, erosion and saltwater intrusion. But according to the EEA, northern Europe must also prepare for climate risks, as recent floods in Germany and forest fires in Sweden have shown.

EEA writes that the European economic and financial system is also affected by these conditions. For example, weather conditions can lead to higher insurance premiums, jeopardizing assets and mortgages, and higher costs and borrowing costs for governments.

Experts in this report Most identified climate risks could reach critical or catastrophic levels by the end of this century, they say, unless decisive action is taken now. Hundreds of thousands of people will die due to heat waves and economic losses. Damages caused by floods alone on the coasts can be more than one trillion euros per year.

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