They made a risky bid to reunite after three years of separation, illness and deprivation — the kind of ordeal suffered by many thousands of families torn apart by the war in eastern Ukraine.
When the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan five years ago, thousands of Afghans who helped U.S. troops were brought here to rebuild their lives. But now, some fear the U.S. may want to send them back.
AI:Afghans who served alongside U.S. troops during the war in Afghanistan are now facing the potential loss of their green cards and legal status due to shifting administrative policies five years after the U.S. withdrawal. Despite their service in securing American interests, these allies are currently caught in a bureaucratic struggle as the federal government's lack of consistent enforcement threatens their ability to remain in the country. This situation highlights a growing crisis for those who were relocated to rebuild lives here, leaving them vulnerable to deportation and undermining the integrity of commitments made during the conflict.Open
The inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were expelled by the British 60 years ago. Refugees were anxious to return this year, but their hopes have been caught in a morass of geopolitics.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake in southwestern Japan has killed 34 people and left thousands sleeping in cars and crowded shelters without water, and now a heat wave is compounding the misery. Three days after the quake struck Kyushu, Japan's southern main island, rescuers with search dogs were still combing collapsed buildings in Kumamoto Prefecture on […] The post Kumamoto earthquake survivors endure 97-degree heat in cars as Japan's death toll hits 34 appeared first on American Almanac .
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake in southwestern Japan has killed 34 people and left thousands sleeping in cars and crowded shelters without water, and now a heat wave is compounding the misery. Three days after the quake struck Kyushu, Japan's southern main island, rescuers with search dogs were still combing collapsed buildings in Kumamoto Prefecture on Friday while survivors faced temperatures that peaked at 36 degrees Celsius, 97 degrees Fahrenheit. Japan's weather agency and Ministry of the Environment issued an extreme heat alert for Kumamoto city, where more than 9,000 displaced residents were packed into shelters and an unknown number of others had nowhere to go but their vehicles. The Kumamoto prefectural government confirmed the…Open
Actor George Clooney, his wife Amal, and their twins were forced to flee their French country home as wildfires threatened the Provence region, underscoring the rising dangers facing residents and even the global elite. George Clooney, 65, and Amal Clooney, 48, evacuated their 18th-century estate, Domaine du Canadel, near Brignoles in southeastern France, as wildfires […] The post George Clooney and family evacuate French estate as wildfires threaten Provence region appeared first on American Almanac .
Actor George Clooney, his wife Amal, and their twins were forced to flee their French country home as wildfires threatened the Provence region, underscoring the rising dangers facing residents and even the global elite. George Clooney, 65, and Amal Clooney, 48, evacuated their 18th-century estate, Domaine du Canadel, near Brignoles in southeastern France, as wildfires scorched land just eight miles from their property. The decision came as temperatures climbed to 40°C and emergency evacuations swept the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. The Clooneys’ nine-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella, left with their parents as authorities ordered at least 3,000 people to evacuate in the area in recent weeks, with 224,000 people displaced…Open
French authorities ordered nearly 4,000 people evacuated from Atlantic coast tourist sites as a massive wildfire west of Bordeaux, already four times the size of Paris, threatened to spread under a returning heat wave. Gironde regional officials issued the precautionary evacuation order Tuesday covering campsites, holiday villages, tourist residences, and leisure parks around the Lacanau […] The post France evacuates thousands as wildfires consume record swaths of southwestern Europe appeared first on American Almanac .
French authorities ordered nearly 4,000 people evacuated from Atlantic coast tourist sites as a massive wildfire west of Bordeaux, already four times the size of Paris, threatened to spread under a returning heat wave. Gironde regional officials issued the precautionary evacuation order Tuesday covering campsites, holiday villages, tourist residences, and leisure parks around the Lacanau resort area, including Lacanau Ocean and both shores of Lacanau lake. The move came after firefighters held the blaze in check overnight, beating back flare-ups near coastal dunes, but rising temperatures and falling humidity left crews exposed to conditions that could undo days of grueling progress. The Gironde fire has burned 420 square kilometers,…Open
Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes as powerful wildfires sweep across Spain and France, revealing the growing scale of a climate crisis already reshaping the continent.
A wildfire so large it has begun producing its own winds and lightning is advancing on the French city of Bordeaux, displacing more than 250,000 people and stretching emergency services across southern Europe to their limits. French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned that the main blaze in the Gironde region of southwestern France had become […] The post Massive wildfire generating its own thunderstorms bears down on Bordeaux, forcing 250,000 to flee appeared first on American Almanac .
A wildfire so large it has begun producing its own winds and lightning is advancing on the French city of Bordeaux, displacing more than 250,000 people and stretching emergency services across southern Europe to their limits. French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned that the main blaze in the Gironde region of southwestern France had become "extremely intense and unpredictable," generating its own weather patterns and "advancing erratically toward the Bordeaux metropolitan area." The fire front stretches more than 20 kilometers, roughly 12 miles, and had burned through 98,000 hectares by Sunday evening, an area larger than many mid-sized American counties. Two firefighters died near Bordeaux on Tuesday. Seventy-five more have been…Open
With surrounding towns in southwestern France evacuated and fire still spreading rapidly, several thousand are sheltering in the city, unsure what will become of their homes.
Authorities have been preparing for changing weather conditions later Saturday, with forecasts calling for winds to shift from west to east, a development that could steer the flames toward Bordeaux.