BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Deadly floods are wreaking havoc in many parts of East Africa that face torrential rainfall, with the poor nation of Burundi calling for international help to deal with the aftermath. Lake Tanganyika’s rising waters have invaded the port of Bujumbura, Burundi’s economic capital, disrupting business there and elsewhere in the country […]
Beware — this info may be a lot to stomach. People who sleep on their stomachs are more prone to various health issues, experts told The Mirror, and one of the biggest complaints among people who sleep on their front is lower back pain. “If you already have neck and back problems, sleeping in this […]
On March 9, footage made its way online from a Russian surveillance drone flying over Eastern Ukraine. The drone had its camera trained on a military convoy, which had unwisely come to a halt in the open on a road awaiting instructions on which direction to proceed. Of particular interest to the drone’s operator: two […]
Wind wreaks havoc across Western Washington, tens of thousands without power Near 50,000 customers were without power Saturday afternoon, as a late winter storm blew through Western Washington. At about 3:30 p.m., 9,537 customers in Snohomish County, 4,050 customers in Pierce County, and 30,328 customers in King County were powerless. The majority of the outages […]
Nightmare weather events are unfolding across the globe, and a flood in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state is just the latest example. Brazil was inundated with torrential rains the weekend of Jan. 13-14, and 12 people were killed, the Associated Press reported. What happened? In the country’s third major flood in less than a year, […]