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Lack of early warnings exacerbates impact of central Mexico floods
Flood

Lack of early warnings exacerbates impact of central Mexico floods

By Climate Spotlight As of Wednesday, at least 66 fatalities and 75 missing persons are reported linked to the floods that inundated central and eastern Mexico last week. Almost 200 communities in the Hidalgo central mountainous region remain isolated. A week after the floods, the stench of uncollected decaying bodies begins to fill the air […]

Climate Spotlight StaffClimate Spotlight Staff
October 17, 2025
El Salvador faces international scrutiny for “Political Trial” of environmental activists
Action and Advocacy

El Salvador faces international scrutiny for “Political Trial” of environmental activists

The five men, were at the forefront of an over decade-long campaign to ban metal mining in El Salvador, in order to protect the country’s diminishing water sources and farmlands from continual contamination. By Marco Lopez Five environmental activists from El Salvador are currently on trial in that Latin American nation facing life imprisonment for […]

Climate Spotlight StaffClimate Spotlight Staff
October 11, 2024
Historic flooding in southern Brazil kills 170 
1.5 To Stay Alive

Historic flooding in southern Brazil kills 170 

Two men paddle a canoe made of zinc tiles and styrofoam down a flooded street in the Vila Farrapos neighborhood in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on May 29, 2024. Scientists say that climate change made flooding twice as likely  By Climate Spotlight Staff Sao Paulo, BRAZIL, June 4, 2024 On Monday, a team of international scientists […]

Climate Spotlight StaffClimate Spotlight Staff
June 4, 2024
LAC countries have yet to invest significantly in risk mangement strategies for flooding
Adaptation

LAC countries have yet to invest significantly in risk mangement strategies for flooding

By Marco Lopez The Aztec city of Tenochtitlan was said to be built by its forefathers in the middle of a lake. The famous floating city – which was plundered by Hernan Cortes in the 16th Century was still floating at the time. Its population, vast and wealthy, was fed by a floating farming technique […]

Climate Spotlight StaffClimate Spotlight Staff
December 31, 2022
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