Damar Hamlin is in critical condition at UC Medical Center after collapsing during a Monday Night Football game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals. While Hamlin’s family, teammates and fans waited for updates on his health, a fundraiser Hamlin helps organize has made the rounds online and raised a …
Read More »Twitter Flooded With ‘Verified’ Imposters
Twitter’s new system for verifying users has faced intense criticism for weeks. The fear among many is that users could buy blue checkmark “verification” then impersonate famous people, athletes and journalists. Elon Musk and Twitter’s leadership have dismissed such claims. Well, it’s already happening. On Wednesday a “verified” account impersonating …
Read More »Seven drown in flooded South Korean parking lot as typhoon death toll rises | CNN
At least 10 people have died and thousands have been displaced after Typhoon Hinnamnor tore through South Korea’s southern industrial hubs on Tuesday, authorities said. Seven of the deaths were reported from one submerged parking lot under a residential complex in the country’s southeastern port city of Pohang, according to …
Read More »‘It’s just like the ocean here now’: Indonesia’s flooded villages
The rice fields are washed away. The coconut trees and chilli plants, flooded with salt water, are all dead. The farmers’ fish ponds fail, the water so high that the fish swim over the nets. And rubbish, carried by the tides, floats in and out of homes with doors that …
Read More »We are suffering – Kano corps member laments after heavy rainfall leaves his room flooded
A corps member has lamented after his room at the Corpers’ lodge in Kundila area of Kano State, got flooded following heavy downpour. Sharing photos og his flooded room on Thursday, August 25, he wrote: “Corps Members Are Suffering Somewhere In Northwest, Kano to be Precise. This is the …
Read More »Rescuers race to free miners trapped in flooded mine in Mexico
The incident was reported Wednesday afternoon, when the miners encountered an abandoned tunnel with water that flooded the mine, authorities said. Rescuers managed to extract five people from the mine on Wednesday, and are now working to pump water out of the flooded area, according to National Coordinator of Civil …
Read More »Cars stuck on a flooded road at Volks Bus Stop in Lagos (video)
The heavy downpour yesterday July 8, left some cars stuck on a flooded road in Lagos. Facebook user, Ogechukwu Roseline Agwu who shared videos of some cars stuck on a flooded road at Volks Bus Stop wrote; The only question I have is why can't they sandfill the road?I'm too upset to …
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