The annual problem with King Tides caused by winter weather has once again hit Vancouver with cold temperatures and wet conditions on the West Coast. King tides are unusual and rare weather events in which the combined action of the sun and the moon's gravity act together to create high…
This is the moment a huge gravel truck doubles into a river while attempting to use a ramp from a barge. The vessel had drawn up near the city of Santarem, which is in the western part of the Brazilian state of Para. The massive vessel has been used to…
This is how inventive staff at a Turkey water board fixed a busted payment machine by putting a human being inside. Global water shortages have encouraged authorities to get more inventive in rationing, and in Turkey, some households have to purchase credits from an ATM to keep the water flowing.…
Two climbers suffered a terrifying death when they were exploring a canyon in Mallorca and were overwhelmed by a flash flood. Luis Paris Musolas, 37, Martin Prado Mestre, 28, and Marina Cuevas, 29, were canyoning at the Torrent de l'Assarell in Pollenca on the morning of 28th November. But heavy…
This is the moment an astonished passerby thought he had caught on camera images of a man apparently waking on water across one of China's most powerful rivers. Footage from the video - shot by Mr Wang -shows an elderly-looking man simply striding across the Qiantang River running through Hangzhou,…
