SHANGHAI—Two dams in China’s northwestern region of Inner Mongolia have collapsed after torrential rain, the water ministry said on Monday, highlighting the safety risks posed by ageing infrastructure during the summer flood season. The dams, in the Inner Mongolian city of Hulunbuir, collapsed on Sunday afternoon. They had formed reservoirs with a combined water storage…
2 Chinese Workers Found Dead, Trapped for 5 Days in Flooded Tunnel
BEIJING—Two of 14 workers who had been trapped in a flooded highway tunnel for five days, so far, in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai were found dead, the city government said on Monday. Early on July 15, water suddenly leaked into the Shijingshan tunnel, which is being built under a reservoir, trapping the workers…
Extreme Weather Springs Up in Multiple Chinese Cities, Flights and Schools Cancelled in Beijing
Recently, due to extreme weather occurring in multiple provinces and cities in mainland China, the China Meteorological Administration declared a level four emergency. Torrential rains caused traffic mayhem and school closures in Beijing, residents in Hebei Province held onto trees to keep from getting flushed away, and floods in Sichuan swept away several ships. Beijing…
Thousands of Firefighters Battle Big Blazes Across the West
BLY, Ore.—An army of firefighters labored in hot, dry and windy weather Tuesday to contain fires chewing through wilderness and burning homes across drought-stricken Western states. More than 60 active large blazes are burning in the West and Alaska. More than 14,000 firefighters and support personnel were attacking fires covering close to a million acres…
Storms Cause Widespread Damage in Switzerland, Germany
BERLIN—Heavy summer storms caused widespread damage and flooding Tuesday in Germany and Switzerland, where an airport hangar partially collapsed in the southern town of Magadino. Swiss police said several planes were damaged but nobody was hurt when the hangar roof gave way amid heavy rain and strong winds overnight. Trees were blown onto roads and…
Maine Bans New Wind Power Projects in State Waters
Maine’s governor has signed a bill that bars any new offshore wind projects in waters under state jurisdiction, about a week after the state legislature approved the legislation. The bill, which became effective immediately because it was introduced as an emergency measure, says that offshore wind power projects “may provide significant economic and environmental benefits to…
Handful of Cities Driving Urban Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Study
Just 25 big cities—almost all of them in China—accounted for more than half of the climate-warming gases pumped out by a sample of 167 urban hubs around the world, an analysis of emissions trends showed on Monday. In per capita terms, however, emissions from cities in the richest parts of the world are still generally…
US Expert: Images Show Chinese Ship Waste Endangering Reefs
MANILA, Philippines—Swarms of Chinese vessels have dumped human waste and wastewater for years in a disputed area of the South China Sea, causing algae blooms that have damaged coral reefs and threatened fish in an unfolding catastrophe, a U.S.-based expert said Monday. Satellite images over the last five years show how human waste, sewage and…
Arizona AG Seeks Injunction to Invalidate Biden Admin’s Termination of Border Wall Construction
July 12, 2021
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Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed a motion for a preliminary injunction while amending his previous lawsuit on Monday, seeking to void the Biden administration’s decision to stop border wall construction and to substantially reinstate former President Donald Trump’s “Migrant Protection Protocols” (MPP)—also known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy. “There is no doubt that…
Diners’ Discarded Shells Help Establish New Oyster Colonies
Port Republic, N.J.—Call it the seafood circle of life: Shells discarded by diners are being collected, cleaned, and dumped into waterways around the country and the world, where they form the basis of new oyster colonies. One of the latest such projects is taking place in Atlantic City, where a casino and two other restaurants…
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