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Western Cuba continues recovery after heavy rains

Published on: March 24, 2024
08:11

Havana, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) Recovery efforts continue in western Cuba on Sunday, following severe local storms that caused flooding and damaged electrical services.

People still evacuated and affected due to storms in Uruguay

Published on: March 22, 2024
13:55

Montevideo, Mar 22 (Prensa Latina) Nearly 5,000 people remain displaced from their homes and many more are still without electricity after days of heavy rains and floods.

Storm damages Uruguayan city, bad weather continues

Published on: March 20, 2024
12:24

Montevideo, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) The city of Florida, capital of the department of the same name, in the center south of Uruguay, is assessing the damage caused by a strong storm on early Wednesday.

Climate records in 2023 set off world alarm bells

Published on: March 20, 2024
10:13

Geneva, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) The World Meteorological Organization sounded the alarm on the state of the global climate, after 2023 broke records in greenhouse gas levels, temperature and ocean acidification.

UN warns on the state of the climate

Published on: March 19, 2024
13:47

United Nations, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, considered the planet to be "on the edge of the abyss" after the publication of a report on the state of the climate, done by the World Meteorological Organization (IOM).

Heat wave hits El Salvador

Published on: March 18, 2024
13:23

San Salvador, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) A heat wave that extends along a strip of the Pacific Ocean and reaches the Caribbean has hit El Salvador, while the El Niño phenomenon begins to weaken, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) said on Sunday.

Rains move to the north and continue to affect Uruguay

Published on: March 15, 2024
11:39

Montevideo, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) The extreme north of Uruguay is expecting heavy rains on Friday, after they caused damage and flooding in several departments of the country.

Fires increase in El Salvador in 2024

Published on: March 7, 2024
00:45

San Salvador, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) Fires in El Salvador increased by 25 percent in 2024 with a high incidence in dry undergrowth, firefighters reported.

El Niño is among five strongest events on record in 2023-2024

Published on: March 7, 2024
00:15

Geneva, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) The 2023-2024 El Niño weather event is one of the five strongest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Italy reports heavy snowfalls and deadly avalanches

Published on: March 5, 2024
12:17

Rome, Mar 5 (Prensa Latina) The bad weather affecting northern Italy keeps the population on alert, due to heavy snowfalls that have isolated communities and have caused avalanches that killed at least two people, according to Tuesday's report.

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