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The newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, August 31, 2024, p. 20

Madrid. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned yesterday that more than 2 million children in Bangladesh are in danger due to the worst floods recorded in more than three decades, which affected more than 5.5 million people.

Around 50 citizens have died and more than 500,000 are seeking shelter, while millions of children and families are stranded without food or emergency supplies and further torrential rains are expected in the coming days.

Year after year, the lives of millions of children in Bangladesh are being devastated by floods, heat waves and cyclones. Climate change is clearly transforming children’s lives.explained UNICEF Deputy Representative for the country, Emma Brigham.

Ecuador battles its worst wildfire in a decade

Meanwhile, Peru has joined in efforts to put out the largest forest fire in recent years in Ecuador, which has already destroyed thousands of hectares of forest and coffee crops in the south of the country.

The fire started as a result of an agricultural fire on a hill in the rural area of ​​Quilanga, located 670 kilometers south of the capital in the province of Loja, and has been active for eight days while efforts to extinguish it continue amid adverse conditions due to high temperatures and strong gusts of wind.

In 10 years (…) it is the largest that has occurred in the country with 4,200 hectares of burned vegetation, two houses destroyed, five houses affected and 20,000 dead animals on a poultry farm.said Ecuador’s Secretary of Risk Management, Jorge Carrillo.

The Pope urges us to protect nature

Meanwhile, Pope Francis urged people around the world to protect the environment, the earth She has a fever, she is sick he said in a video message before traveling to Southeast Asia next week where he is expected to urge global action on climate change.

We must commit to protecting nature, changing our personal and community habits.. Francis publishes a video message each month to announce his prayer intentions for that month. The intention for September is for the cry of the Earth.