Heat and dryness are fueling wildfires in Europe

In Greece on the island of Salamina west of Athens a fire with high flames caused two deaths and forced over three hundred and sixty people to evacuate, then in Spain there’s talk of one victim in Aragon in the northeast of the country, while there are numerous fires across Europe generally fueled by high temperatures and dry vegetation, as is happening in Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, and the Balkans; this is unprecedented devastation considering that spontaneous combustion is almost impossible (almost always it’s human hands that ignite the first flames). To report changing the topic but staying on nature-related issues that a hurricane hit Hawaii particularly Honolulu and Maui counties causing damage to at least a hundred homes, then more than two hundred thousand households were left without electric power.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Aug 17, 2026              n°:   6335      


Earthquake off the coast of Flores Island in Indonesia

There are reportedly at least forty victims in East Nusa Tenggara due to a 7.7 magnitude earthquake with a depth of about fifteen kilometers followed by dozens of aftershocks in eastern Indonesia, causing panic among the population; many damaged buildings are reported and about two thousand people evacuated in Nagekeo, with more evacuated to higher ground due to a potential tsunami (alert later lifted). The first quake was clearly felt also in West Nusa Tenggara and South Sulawesi about one hundred and thirty kilometers from the epicenter. To report on a different natural topic in Germany due to the low level of the Rhine river river navigation is about to be completely blocked, then in Italy volcanic activity on mount Etna in Sicily is very intense more than has been recorded in years.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Aug 15, 2026              n°:   6334      


Floods in eastern Japan

There are reportedly four victims and evacuation orders for four hundred thousand people due to flooded roads caused by torrential rain in Chiba Prefecture, thousands of people stranded, followed by disruptions and entire areas left without electricity. Tokyo has also been affected by heavy rain and there are warnings continuing with the risk of landslides and further flooding. To report on a different topic but still related to nature the serious situation in the Swiss glaciers with some potentially disappearing by this year, while in Italy the agony of the Adamello Glacier continues, looking now very small and dark, accelerating the melting of the ice and causing damage to biodiversity and increasingly reduced water resources downstream.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Aug 14, 2026              n°:   6333      


Facing water scarcity with various technologies

With climate change, problems related to water scarcity will only get worse in the coming years, and this will inevitably have a significant impact on many technologies that rely on water, such as nuclear power plants that use water to cool reactors, then there's also overheating in northern France three reactors at the large Gravelines plant were shut down due to an unusual proliferation of jellyfish. Often hydroelectric plant operators are forced to produce little energy because of the reduced flow of the rivers that feed the turbines, then there's the question of how the operation of large data centers under construction which require huge amounts of water to cool processors will be ensured when sometimes there's not even enough water to irrigate the fields.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Aug 13, 2026              n°:   6332      


The Ebola outbreak is spreading in Congo

According to health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus is spreading quickly (with record-high rates compared to previous cases) and there are over two thousand deaths due to delays in monitoring the first infections, conflicts, limited resources in the healthcare system and insecurity in the affected areas that makes it harder for health workers to trace contacts; nearly four thousand four hundred confirmed cases across five provinces. To report switching topics but staying on health issues the life of children in Somalia is at risk, especially in the southwest of the country, due to malnutrition caused by severe drought with repeated poor rainy seasons and lost harvests.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Aug 12, 2026              n°:   6331      


Earthquake in western Colombia

There are reportedly over two hundred and twenty victims of the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that shook western Colombia, it's being called the strongest quake of the twenty-first century in the country with the epicenter in the Choco region (about four hundred kilometers west of Bogotá) and was followed by several aftershocks, hundreds of buildings were damaged and many people were trapped under the rubble. Rescuers are searching for missing people among the debris for example in the city of Cali, the third largest in the country, particularly affected by the quake passing pieces of cement and other materials hand to hand. To report on another note but still on natural issues the severe drought in France with over seventy percent of the territory suffering and crops damaged due to the low availability of water resources, cornfields have practically been burned up by the heat and another heatwave is hitting the country.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Aug 11, 2026              n°:   6330      


A typhoon lashes Japan and China

After hitting Okinawa Prefecture in Japan causing six injuries and cutting electricity to fifty thousand users a typhoon with wind gusts exceeding one hundred sixty kilometers per hour (category two) is already battering the east coast of China. There is one reported death and disruptions due to torrential rainfall. Authorities who have already declared a state of alert have evacuated those most at risk [one milion], then flooding is expected from heavy rains in the metropolis of Shanghai and there is a high hydrogeological risk in Zhejiang with evacuation warnings for people living on higher ground. The integrity of water reservoirs, rivers and mountain streams is being monitored, then areas that could be prone to landslides, including construction sites and tourist locations.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Aug 10, 2026              n°:   6329      


Record heat in July in a year expected to be very hot

The average temperatures recorded in July would have broken all previous records, then the forecasts for 2026 are not very reassuring as it could be a really hot year too, partly because of the influence of the global current "El Nino". Among the consequences of high temperatures for example there’s the case of the Rhine River running dry which forces barges to navigate with minimal load at much higher costs, Danube is also running low weakening hydroelectric and nuclear power plants so much that in some cities night lighting has been reduced. Some point out that thirty years ago the grape harvest started at the end of September and went on until November but now it starts in August and in general all crops are severely affected by the weather with many farmers suffering from psychological stress.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Aug 08, 2026              n°:   6328      


Warm Mediterranean and various temperature records

Temperatures in the Mediterranean Sea are reaching up to thirty-three degrees Celsius often with complaints from holidaymakers who can't even take a refreshing swim on the scorching beaches, then the high energy accumulated by the sea could be released in the form of tropical storms and Mediterranean hurricanes (so-called Medicanes) causing massive waves that erode coasts and damage infrastructures built along the shore, not to mention the harm to marine biodiversity. Various temperature records have been reported like in Austria with over forty-one degrees in the village of Bad Deutsch-Altenburg near the Slovakian border, country with peaks over forty-two in Dolne Plachtince in the south, then the stifling heat in the city of Skopje in Macedonia.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Aug 07, 2026              n°:   6327      


Italy in the grip of heat and drought

Temperatures in all twenty-seven monitored cities used to determine the heat risk threshold are at red alert levels, in some cases there are even spikes approaching forty degrees Celsius due to the fourth African heatwave, but the perceived temperature can be higher as happened yesterday in Rome where a well-known religious celebration was not held outdoors in the square because of thirty-eight degrees Celsius with a perceived temperature of around forty-two degrees. Tropical nights bring significant discomfort and poor sleep hygiene and not enabling the body from recovering energy. Severe drought in Piedmont has led to a state of emergency also due to fires, with the Po River and almost all watercourses running dry, causing distress to crops, especially rice.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Aug 06, 2026              n°:   6326      


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