At least 26 people have died in Mississippi and Alabama after a tornado tore through the southern US states. Search and rescue efforts are continuing, and the Mississippi state government has declared a state of emergency. In this rural town of only 2,000 people, where one fifth of residents live below the poverty line, dozens of buildings have been flattened by the fury of the tornado. The tornado hit in the middle of the night – people had been sleeping and had not heard the alerts.
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Boat with refugees and migrants sinks off Greece
At least 78 people have died and more than 100 were rescued after a fishing boat carrying refugees and migrants capsized and sank off the southern coast of Greece. The Greek coastguard said on Wednesday the vessel sank in international waters, 47 nautical miles southwest southwest of Pylos, off the Peloponnese coast. About 100 people had been rescued.
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Himalayan glaciers could lose up to 80% of their ice by 2100
The world’s highest peaks are at risk of losing up to 80% of their volume by the end of the century with profound consequences for millions of people under worst case climate scenarios. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development examined the impact of climate change on an area stretching 1.6 million square miles or 4.1 million square kilometers from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east.
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The death toll from the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria passed 35,000
On Monday, The death toll from the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria passed 35,000 as only a handful of survivors were pulled from the rubble more than a week after the disasters that devastated swaths of both countries.
