“Where you are going, three seconds of inattention, and you are dead”, they had been warned at the Equatorial Forest Training Center (CEFE) of the army in Guyana. It was early December. Franco-Swiss explorer Christian Clot and his nineteen team members stopped there for a few days, the time to learn some basics, before diving into the Amazonian forest.The immersion was total, without contact with the outside. Forty days of going up the Mataroni river, sometimes by rubber dinghy, sometimes...
Status: 01/20/2023 12:07 p.m Afghanistan has been suffering from extreme cold for days: with temperatures sometimes below -30 degrees, almost 80 people have died so far. Added to this are poverty and hunger - and the difficult conditions for aid organizations. She is standing with many other women in front of the building of the Red Crescent aid organization: Shila, mother of ten children. Usually groceries are the most important thing she needs. But now it's firewood: "We can't afford...
An angry 27-year-old vandalized a hotel lobby in the metropolis of Shanghai with his car. The reason: the man's laptop had disappeared – but only for the time being.An angry 27-year-old vandalized a hotel lobby in the metropolis of Shanghai with his car. The reason: the man's laptop had disappeared – but only for the time being.source site-1
storm Extreme weather in the US brings death and destruction An SUV destroyed by the storm in Alabama. photo © Vasha Hunt/AP/dpa First years of drought, now heavy rains: A sustained series of winter storms floods California, people are dying. Meanwhile, deadly hurricanes are raging on the US east coast. Flooded towns and meters of snow on the west coast, deadly hurricanes in the south-east: According to the authorities and the media, at least 26 people have died in the...
STORY: Small streams turn into raging rivers. Masses of water that cannot be stopped. Thunderstorms and hail hit California. The US state has already been at the mercy of extreme weather conditions for three weeks - floods, landslides and evacuations. According to California Governor Gavin Newsom, at least 14 people died in this connection in the western United States. Roads were closed and schools had to close. Tens of thousands of households are without electricity. Residents in the affected areas...
environment Uba: On average, no extreme fine dust pollution on New Year's Day Devices for measuring particulate matter and nitrogen oxides at the "Stuttgart am Neckartor" air measuring point. photo © Sebastian Gollnow/dpa There was always bad air on New Year's Eve. A city on the Rhine leads the ranking when it comes to particulate matter. But the fireworks apparently did not pollute the air extremely. According to data from the Federal Environment Agency, on New Year's Day 2023 the...
Southwest Airlines is under fire from critics. The American airline is largely disrupted by the extreme cold wave in the United States with more than 10,000 flights canceled in a few days, chaos at airports and a persistent mess. "It's a real debacle," laments Mike Sage, who hoped to return to Florida on Monday after spending Christmas with his children in Connecticut. Unable for this traveler to reach Southwest by phone, web or app.The other major airlines in the country...
With Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 already in China, soon global Image: Nubia Nubia has introduced new gaming smartphones in China with the RedMagic 8 Pro and RedMagic 8 Pro+. They offer, for example, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and an under-display front camera. There will also be a global RedMagic launch in January.The RedMagic 8 series is now official for the Chinese market and Nubia is already holding a corresponding global launch event on January 16th. The new additions from...
extreme weather More than 50 dead after snow chaos in the USA A man clears his driveway. photo © Derek Gee/The Buffalo News/AP/dpa Up to 1.20 meters of fresh snow and icy winds: More than 50 people died during the extreme onset of winter in the USA over Christmas. And there could be more. At least 50 people have died in the past few days in extreme cold and heavy snowfall in the United States. At least 27 people died...
emergencies Extreme cold rolls over USA: More than 50 dead Cheektowaga is completely submerged in snow. photo © John Waller/AP/dpa Large parts of the USA are covered in snow and exceptionally cold at Christmas. The effects can be felt from the north of the country to the border with Mexico - with sometimes dramatic consequences. At least 50 people have died in the United States in recent days due to extreme cold and heavy snowfall. In the district of Erie...
