Today marks ten years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans and surrounding communities, killing over 1,800 people while displacing countless more. Poorly-designed levees and inadequate disaster response were in large part to blame for the high toll exacted. Man-made hurricane protection systems failed fantastically. The disaster also highlighted how decades of one-track […]
The Link between Sugar Cane Growers and Flooding in El Salvador
By Yael Falicov El Salvador’s growing sugar cane industry, dominated by a small network of giant sugar cane mill companies, is one of the clearest threats to environmental health and well-being faced by our partners in the Bajo Lempa region. And it isn’t just thanks to the incredibly toxic chemicals they use and the severe […]
Climate Change Blamed for Historic Flooding in El Salvador
This press release was distributed to media today by EcoViva, Voices on the Border, SHARE Foundation & U.S. Sister Cities to highlight the role that climate change has played in the historic rains and flooding that El Salvador experienced last week. JIQUILISCO, El Salvador – As thousands of Salvadorans return to their homes and begin […]
Al Jazeera in the Bajo Lempa, and a ray of sunshine
This 2 minute Al Jazeera report shows some of the impacts of the floods, including the tragic death of an 11 year-old boy swept downstream on Wednesday when he and his father went back to their village to check on their cattle against the orders of local authorities. It also has some footage from President […]
