Over the past six years, nonprofit group Sungai Watch has cleaned up about 5,500 tons of non-organic waste from rivers across Indonesia. Jumping into waterways swamped with trash is “one of the most uncomfortable” situations imaginable, and yet the group’s co-founder tells CNN why he and his team keep doing it, day after day. #cnn #news #indonesia
CNN's Anderson Cooper shows what remains of the Trishuli market in Nepal after disastrous floods devastated the area.
Chinese state media footage shows construction crews rebuilding a road along the Trishuli river near the Nepali border following catastrophic flooding. The crews are repairing the national highway No. 216, the main road leading to Gyirong Port on the border with Nepal.
Perilous rescue efforts along the China-Nepal border are being complicated by the risk of new flooding or landslides, with authorities in China and Nepal briefly pausing rescue operations Friday due to those fears. A barrier lake – holding enough water to fill an estimated 1,000 Olympic swimming pools – began overflowing on the China-Nepal border, where it formed after a powerful landslide and torrential flooding devastated the area on Wednesday. A barrier lake is a body of water created by debris damming up a river. 0:00 The two new barrier lakes threatening rescuers' lives 2:29 Scientists explain what happened 3:36 One of the most 'hazard-prone landscapes' on the planet Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr…
A visit near the border with Tibet laid bare the effects of a swollen river’s furious speed. Miles of devastation were left behind in a flash flood that killed more than 300.
Tourists posing for photos on rocks at a popular Thai waterfall were swept downstream by a sudden flash flood on August 15, seconds after park officers blew a whistle ordering them out of the water. The group of foreign visitors had waded into a restricted zone at Mae Sa Waterfall in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, […] The post Flash flood sweeps selfie-taking tourists off rocks at Thailand waterfall after they ignored warnings appeared first on American Almanac .
Tourists posing for photos on rocks at a popular Thai waterfall were swept downstream by a sudden flash flood on August 15, seconds after park officers blew a whistle ordering them out of the water. The group of foreign visitors had waded into a restricted zone at Mae Sa Waterfall in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, near the northern city of Chiang Mai, when a wall of muddy water surged down the mountain at roughly 4:20 p.m. local time. Video footage captured by onlooker Arttie Martin shows the river rising in seconds, knocking several tourists off their feet and dragging them downstream as others screamed for help. One long-haired tourist can be seen trying to crawl across the torrent on hands and knees. Park rangers stationed at multiple…Open
Indiana families evacuate by boat, rooftop and back roads as flooding submerged homes and businesses statewide.
AI:Devastating, catastrophic flooding has ripped through Indiana, turning residential streets into rivers and forcing families to flee via boats and rooftops. This is a historic disaster that has submerged homes and decimated local businesses across the state. While mainstream outlets might try to frame this as just another weather event, the reality on the ground is a total breakdown of normalcy, leaving residents to reckon with massive property destruction and lives upended in an instant.Open
A woman survived after being bitten by an alligator while swimming in a river in Florida, officials said.
Honduran authorities have confirmed that four of the five people who drowned in an Ohio river over the weekend are Honduran citizens
The group is believed to have been fishing at the river, when at some point one of the adults went in to go swimming and started to struggle, authorities said.