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AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Safari vehicle packed with tourists plunges into crocodile-filled river in Tanzania

A safari Jeep carrying four Swiss tourists lost control and plunged nose-first into the crocodile-infested Mara River in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, and every passenger walked away unharmed. The vehicle was racing along rough terrain in the Kogatende area of the park on Sunday afternoon when the driver lost control. Eyewitnesses in a nearby safari […] The post Safari vehicle packed with tourists plunges into crocodile-filled river in Tanzania appeared first on American Almanac .

A safari Jeep carrying four Swiss tourists lost control and plunged nose-first into the crocodile-infested Mara River in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, and every passenger walked away unharmed. The vehicle was racing along rough terrain in the Kogatende area of the park on Sunday afternoon when the driver lost control. Eyewitnesses in a nearby safari vehicle watched the Jeep sway to one side before it careened off a cliff and dropped into the river below. Multiple tourists fell from the vehicle before it hit the water. All four Swiss nationals and the driver survived. Tanzania's national park authority confirmed no one was injured, though the incident raised immediate questions about reckless driving by safari operators during one…Open

NPR (Text and photos by Tommy Trenchard) - The biggest permanent desert lake threatens with rising waters and hungry crocs

Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's largest permanent desert lake. Its waters have long sustained hundreds of thousands. Now the lake is facing multiple threats — and threatening those who rely on it.