Storm Ida is causing chaos in the United States, at least 44 dead in and around New York

New York was hit on Thursday, hit overnight by torrential rains and sudden, historic floods that killed at least 44 people in the region, after the devastating passage of Storm Ida. In the American economic and cultural megalopolis, police have counted at least 13 deaths, including several people probably trapped and drowned in their basements, rudimentary, and sometimes unhealthy homes, built at the foot of buildings in Manhattan, Queens or Brooklyn. Just north of Manhattan, in posh Westchester County, by the sea, which was still surrounded by muddy and brackish water on Thursday night, one of its officials, George Latimer, said on CNN that three people who tried to get out of their cars also likely drowned. A police officer assigned to monitor traffic has died in the neighboring state of Connecticut. But the worst record is for New Jersey, a state that faces New York, with “at least 23 people who have lost their lives,” said Governor Phil Murphy. Most of the victims were caught by surprise and trapped in their cars and died probably drowned, the official lamented

The world at the bedside of an endangered nature at the IUCN Congress

The largest organization for the protection of nature, the IUCN, opens its world congress in Marseille on Friday, with the ambition of giving a boost to the defense of a planet greatly damaged by humans. Biodiversity is collapsing, with up to a million animal and plant species threatened with extinction, according to UN experts. Nature “is declining faster than ever in human history,” they warned as early as 2019. A decline, often referred to as the “sixth mass extinction”, which is jeopardizing the very conditions of human existence on Earth. As also shown by the multiplication of disasters linked to the effects of climate change, which is also caused by human activity, storms, floods, droughts, fires... French President Emmanuel Macron will participate in the inauguration of the congress, which will last until September 11, in a “hybrid” format - in person and online - Covid-19 obliges. More than 5,000 participants are registered, including 3,600 in Marseille, against 15,000 expected

IN A NUTSHELL

The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt the most severe blow to abortion law in nearly half a century, by refusing to block a Texas law that prohibits the majority of abortions, even in cases of incest or rape.

French striker Kylian Mbappé, hit in the right calf, has withdrawn from matches against Ukraine on Saturday and Finland on Tuesday.