Flash flooding in Dalian in China bordering North Korea. Global warming unleashed flash flooding because the amount of rain that can fall during an extreme downpour “ increases exponentially” as temperature rises, When more heat-trapping pollutants surround the Earth, more moisture is held in the air leading to more rainfall. Global temperatures have already risen…
Military teams and disaster response forces and local fisherman ultimately reached some of the remotest and worst flood-hit areas to rescue over 22, 000 people marooned in the flood-hit state of Kerala, India, on Sunday, Helicopters brought supplies and goods trains brought fresh water to communities cut-off by two weeks of incessant rain. The Government…
The state of Kerala in India has so far received 37.5 per cent excess rainfall in just two and half months. 26 more people were reported dead on Thursday taking the death toll to 375 over 80 dams opened. Some districts like Idukki, have received 83.5 per cent excess rainfall. Around 3000 people have been…
Over hundreds are missing and 27 people are dead as Dam collapses in southern Laos south-east Asia, flooding six villages. The $1.2bn dam collapsed after heavy rainfall. Rescuers are racing to find survivors after part of XePian X3-Namnoy hydroelectric power project the auxiliary dam “ Saddle Dam D” collapsed releasing five trillion litres of water…
Seven people were pulled alive from the wreckage of a collapsed bridge in the northern Italian city of Genoa killing 30 and injuring 16 with further 10 missing. Thirty-five cars and three heavy vehicles plunged a significant distance into a river and an industrial area when a large section of the Morandi Bridge collapsed at…
Wildlife at risk https://www.facebook.com/savio.mendez/videos/10156737180094924/ Torrential rains, overflowing rivers, and landslides have resulted in deaths of 120 people in the Kerala state. Southern Railway and Kochi Metro have suspended their operations in flood-hit Kochi. The entire state of Kerala is on red alert with more rains expected till Saturday. Cochin Airport has been…
Archaeologists exploring the Puyil Cave, in Tabcotalpa municipality of Tabasco state in Southern Mexico, found three Maya skeletons belonging to a civilisation once dominant but mysteriously abandoned its cities around 900 AD. One of the skeletons dates back about 7000 years and the other two 4000 years. According to Albert Martos an archaeologist “ In…
A Tanker truck collided with a lorry on a motorway bridge in Bologna, Northern Italy exploded killing two and injuring sixty. The blast which immediately engulfed the area into a fireball and black plumes of smoke caused the bridge to partially collapse. The fire spread to a car showroom below where several cars exploded at…
Lamplighters by Rogue Productions (www.roguecreates.com) currently featuring at The Old Red Lion theatre, Angel, London, running ‘til and including August 18, stars a feisty MC hailing from Ireland, Neill Connolly who worked with his business partner Dean Rodgers, to create a skit based on the novels of John Le Carre and their improvised spy name…
4 Aug 2018 International Test Match Series First Spacesavers Test – Day 4 of 5 at Edgbaston England 287 all out off 89.4 ov, Joe Root 80 run out off 156, 9 fours, Bairstow 70 off 88, 9 fours, Jennings 42 off 98, 4 fours, Ashwin 62-4; Shami 64-3, U Yadav 56 -1, I Sharma…