A floating town becomes stranded on a parched lakebed while the Amazon is severely drought-stricken.
In the Brazilian Amazon, a floating community is currently stuck on a lakebed as a result of a severe drought that is making it difficult for locals to obtain fuel, fresh water, and food. Boats and floating structures are stranded in the mud of Lake Puraquequara, which is located east of Manaus, the state capital of Amazonia, due to drastically declining water levels. More than a hundred river dolphins washed up dead earlier this month as water temperatures climbed, and experts believe the situation is only going to get worse. This is just the most recent illustration of the catastrophic effects of heat and drought on this region of Brazil. The state's civil defense office reports that since the end of September, the Rio Negro river system, which includes Lake Puraquequara, has been almost record-low. "Declining water
At least 13 people were killed as fierce winds hit Argentina
According to Mayor Federico Susbielles and local authorities, a violent storm in Argentina has left at least 13 people dead and dozens injured in the harbor city of Bahía Blanca in the southwest. At least 300 people had been evacuated as of 3.30 a.m. local time (1 a.m. ET) on Sunday due to winds that had reached as high as 140 kilometers per hour (87 miles per hour) in the city on Saturday, according to local authorities. Late on Saturday, the municipal council said on social media that the storm's aftermath was a "catastrophe," citing several injuries, some of which were "extremely serious." The council also stated that there were emergency medical personnel and civil defense personnel at the sports club Bahiense del Norte, where the most urgent scenario existed.In a declaration published on X, the former Twitter.
Police said a Boston woman was murdered by a shark attack while paddleboarding near a Bahamas resort.
According to local authorities, a 44-year-old American who was traveling from Boston to the Bahamas was attacked by a shark on Monday while paddleboarding close to a beach resort. According to a press release from the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the woman had gone to the islands with a male relative. According to the announcement, "preliminary reports indicate that the victim was bitten by a shark while paddle boarding away from the shoreline in waters at the rear of a resort in western New Providence with a male relative." Upon witnessing the incident, a resort lifeguard launched a boat into the ocean in an attempt to save the victim and their relative. According to the police, the woman received CPR from the lifeguard. "The victim endured severe
The 2023 world cheese champion has been revealed
A Norwegian blue cheese bested contenders from around the world Friday to…
How an Australian couple’s mid-life crisis led to the first buffalo dairy farm in Laos
We’ve all heard of buffalo mozzarella. But in one popular Southeast Asia…
Pizza Hut selling snake pizza in Hong Kong
Pizza Hut, an American corporation, has partnered with a century-old Hong Kong restaurant to create a modern take on a classic dish called snake on a pizza. The new dish includes Chinese dried ham, black mushrooms, and shredded snake meat—all essential components of a real snake stew—and is a cornerstone of the Hong Kong franchise's internet marketing strategy. For a long time, certain diners in Hong Kong and the surrounding areas of southern China have loved snake stew, particularly in the winter. A local Cantonese tradition states that the greatest time to eat snake is "when the autumn wind begins to blow," which refers to when the snakes have gained weight in anticipation of hibernating. Many people think that eating snake flesh can treat skin ailments. Hong Kong resident Mabel Sieh, a self-described…
‘King of fruit’: Azerbaijan’s love affair with the pomegranate
Pomegranates are a wonderful gift of nature, delicious, easy on the eyes, and full of therapeutic powers. Throughout history, faiths and cultures all over the world have mythologized and cherished them. While Jewish beliefs thought that it contained 613 seeds, which reflect the number of commandments in the Torah, ancient Greeks associated it with the underworld. Pomegranate shrubs (Punica granatum) are thought to have originated in the area that now extends from northern India to Iran. They quickly moved eastward to China and westward to the Mediterranean. The fruit is still highly valued in nations like Turkey, Armenia, and Iran and is a beloved mainstay of many Middle Eastern cuisines. But it would be difficult to locate a location that extols the pomegranate more than Azerbaijan, the South
Vintage images provide a unique look at Mumbai’s red-light area from the 1970s.
The late American photographer was renowned for her ability to make subjects feel comfortable, but initially she had trouble making friends in the infamous red-light district on the outskirts of Mumbai society. She subsequently noted in the foreword to her 1981 book "Falkland Road, Prostitutes of Bombay" that "for ten years I tried to take photographs on Falkland Road and each time (I was) met with hostility and aggression" (Bombay being the name the British gave Mumbai before its name change in 1995). She described her early visits to the most populated city in India in the late 1960s. "The women pinched me and flung water and trash. Men would assemble in droves around me. My address book was once taken by a pickpocket; another time. A reprint of the book with over 70 of Mark's photos was widely praised for bringing attention to the predicament of sex workers, many of whom were forced into prostitution by pimps and madams and were physically and mentally ill. The book was "meant almost as a metaphor for entrapment, for how difficult it is to be a woman," she said in an interview with the New York Times magazine in 1987. President of the Mary Ellen Mark Foundation, Meredith Lue, told me via video conference that the photographer, who had a difficult upbringing, gravitated toward and connected with those who were vulnerable. "These are typically small communities of people, mostly young people or women who have kind of fallen behind or not given much thought."
Is it still safe to go to Iceland, and will volcanic eruptions disrupt European flights?
A volcano has erupted spectacularly in southwest Iceland - a month after…
Property values “increased for the third consecutive month” due to rising buyer confidence
House prices have risen for the third month in a row, according…
