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Aric Harding, whose Friendswood, Texas, home was flooded in the wake of Hurricane Harvey returned to gather some belongings. He sat for a moment to play a tune on his piano, as floodwater surrounded him. Instagram Embed:http://instagram.com/p/BYZDGWNgDE8/embed/Width: 658px The video was posted on Instagram on Tuesday, and has since been viewed more than 10,000 times. The worst of […]
DigitalGlobe As eastern Texas saw its first clear skies and sunshine in days on Wednesday, satellites in space got to work photographing the damage left by Hurricane Harvey. Harris County and the Greater Houston area in Texas, which is home to roughly 5 million people, took the brunt of the storm’s record-breaking rainfall. So far […]
Eight more containers at a chemical plant northeast of Houston, Texas are expected to explode after one of them caught fire last night due to refrigeration failure. At least 15 sheriff’s deputies working on site were taken to the hospital. Refrigeration in almost all containers at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas has failed […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich / Thinkstock) As a real estate agent, Kim France’s business depends upon answering calls from unfamiliar numbers. But during a five-day stretch in June, her cell phone was flooded with so many junk calls that it was almost impossible to answer legitimate ones. “I am in the middle of a cell phone […]
Published time: 28 Aug, 2017 02:35 Edited time: 28 Aug, 2017 02:38 Videos of people surviving in the Hurricane Harvey-ravaged coast of Texas have flooded the internet, as locals share their experience of one of the worst natural disasters to hit the US in over a decade. FOLLOW ‘Worst flood ever’ as it hits Houston […]
Published time: 21 Aug, 2017 08:37 Edited time: 21 Aug, 2017 08:38 First footage showing a significantly damaged US guided-missile destroyer, the ‘USS John S. McCain’, has emerged online. The warship collided with a merchant vessel near the coast of Singapore. Let’s block ads! (Why?) RT – Daily news
Published time: 25 May, 2017 17:12 Satellite photos show the Svalbard Global Seed Vault for the first time since reports of flooding triggered widespread panic last week. The facility represents Earth’s best chance of re-establishing food supplies after a global catastrophe. Permafrost meltwater “gushed” into the entrance of the seemingly-impregnable fortress on May 19 – […]
Enlarge / Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai listens during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Widespread support for strong net neutrality rules continues, both from individuals who use the Internet and companies that offer websites and applications over the Internet. But Federal Communications Commission Chairman […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Pureradiancephoto) After spending millions to combat the opioid epidemic ravaging its citizens, the working-class city of Everett, Washington, is taking the maker of opioid painkiller OxyContin to federal court. The city claims that the drug maker, Purdue Pharma, knowingly sold to black markets out of pure greed, enabling the devastating epidemic hitting […]
Too much rain can wreak havoc on our waterways, as one poor street cleaner found out. Caught on camera, and appearing unsure of what to make of the situation, the cleaner began shovelling the fast running water into his bin. But unfortunately his shovelling had no affect on the situation. He even looked over his […]
