Mexico City drought causes rainwater catchment basin to catch fire and burn for a day
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico City’s drought and water shortages are so severe that a fire broke out in one of the capital’s rainwater catchments on Tuesday, burning down 75 acres (30 hectares) of dead vegetation. Ta. The Mexico City Fire Department said in a statement that the fire was under control by late afternoon, […]
Fisherman survives eight days at sea ‘by eating raw fish and drinking rainwater’
A Filipino fisherman miraculously survived eight days stranded at sea after his ship sunk, drinking rainwater and eating raw fish. Rosalon France Kayon, 31, and another trawler left Brillyan Port on the Philippine island of Palawan on December 20th to fish for tuna in the South China Sea. They set off at 4 a.m. and […]