Posts Tagged ‘coast’

Two migrants including a child found dead off the coast of Spain’s Canary Islands

Spanish authorities say the bodies were found on board an inflatable boat near Lanzarote. Source

New Canadian Postal Veep Has A Plan To Revive Militancy Coast To Coast

A letter carrier who helped organize a militant campaign of refusing forced overtime has won national office in the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, with the goal of taking that direct action approach nationwide. Roland Schmidt, president of the local in Edmonton, Alberta, won a national election in May to became CUPW’s third vice president […]

2 missing Oman fishermen found off Pakistan coast

Two Omani fishermen have been found alive after being missing at sea for 10 days. They were spotted near Pakistan by a merchant ship, reported the Oman Observer on Saturday. The pair, Ali Al-Jafari and Salim Al-Jafari were reported as missing on Thursday, after they had set out for fishing on a 25-foot-long boat, powered […]

Divers Find Famous Lost HMS Gloucester Shipwreck off the English Coast

The Gloucester was a 17th century warship that sunk to the bottom of the sea 340 years ago off the coast of Norfolk in the United Kingdom, with over well over 100 passengers dying.  Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology History Important Events Read Later 

12,000-Year-Old Lost City Off New Orleans Coast or Imagination Gone Wild?

A self-proclaimed amateur archaeologist professes that mysterious granite stones found over the years by fishermen near the uninhabited Chandeleur Islands, located 50 miles east of New Orleans in the United States, are actually architectural artifacts from a 12,000-year-old lost city. Having visited the site 44 times, George Gelé, a retired architect, is convinced that he […]

Raises From Coast To Coast In 2022

­56 Cities, Counties, And States Will Raise Minimum Wage Rates On January 1—Many Reaching Or Exceeding $15—With Another 26 Jurisdictions To Lift Pay Later In 2022. NOTE: The 2022 rise in wages is getting a lot of attention. It is true that a lot of work and organizing went into winning this victory. However, Richard […]

Australia’s West Coast Faces Bushfire Emergency Again

Months after bushfires destroyed houses in the regions around Perth Western Australia, residents in the Perth Hills are again facing the threat of losing their homes and potentially their lives as two destructive bushfires rage across the region as searing temperatures continue to affect Western Australia. Firefighters in the Perth hills are currently battling to […]

Heavy snow hits Sea of Japan coast

Weather officials are warning of heavy snow in areas along the Sea of Japan, and are urging people there to refrain from non-essential outings. The Japan Meteorological Agency says a severe cold air mass is flowing over the country, bringing strong winds and snow. Officials say snowfall is intensifying on Sunday, especially in a wide […]

US Navy Tests New Laser Weapon Off Yemen Coast – News From Antiwar.com

The US Navy tested an advanced laser weapon near Yemen’s coast in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday, destroying a floating target. The US Navy’s Fifth Fleet said the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland “conducted a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration.” In 2020, the Portland tested the same weapon and successfully took down an aerial […]

Jim Raptis: The Greek Who Changed the Face of Australia’s Gold Coast

Jim Raptis has transformed Australia’s Gold Coast. Illustration: Greek Reporter Jim Raptis, a designer and architect, born on the island of Evia in Greece, changed the face of the most cosmopolitan region of Australia — the Gold Coast. He came to Australia with his family in 1954, as a young boy and lived in Ingham, […]

Japanese coast guard rescues man after boat capsizes

The man was the only person on board his boat, the Takamaru No. 5, when it capsized off the southern Japanese resort island of Yakushima on Saturday, the coast guard said. His name was not released. After receiving a call from his colleagues, coast guard rescuers searched for him for nearly a day before spotting […]

Why Is This Mammoth Tusk In Deep Water Off the Californian Coast?

A 100,000-year-old mammoth tusk has been discovered by a robot more than 10,000 feet below sea level. But rather than in Arctic wastes, where they’re usually found, this one was uncovered in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast. So what on Earth was it doing there? In 2019, while exploring for new deep-sea species […]

Masked Robbers Storm South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa

The parking lot of South Coast Plaza is full on the first day the mall reopened, as COVID-related restrictions eased, in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Aug. 31, 2020. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times) COSTA MESA, Calif.—Law enforcement is in search of several masked robbers who barged into a South Coast Plaza diner, ordering customers to drop […]

The Reasons Behind the Emirati Withdrawal from the Yemeni Coast

19 11, 2021 By Hussein Kourani Beirut – It seems that the field map is becoming clear in the governorates of northern Yemen. With the approaching fall of the strategic city of Marib in the hands of the Yemeni army and the popular committees, the other fronts in Hudaydah and Mokha began to fall apart, […]

Over 300 migrants rescued off coast of Calabria

The Italian Coast Guard rescued over three hundred young men and boys, mostly from Egypt, in heavy storms as their fishing boat floundered off the coast of Calabria Saturday night. In an operation that finished at dawn Sunday morning, the Coast Guard rescue team from Roccella Ionica made three trips out to the fishing boat […]

East Coast flooding is a reminder that sea level is rising as the climate warms—here’s why the ocean is pouring in more often

The U.S. East Coast has been hit with hurricanelike flooding in recent weeks, with South Carolina and Georgia getting the latest round. High tides are part of the problem, but there’s another risk that has been slowly creeping up: sea level rise. Since 1880, average global sea levels have risen by more than 8 inches […]

Officials investigate the death of thousands of sea creatures on the UK coast

Officials investigate the death of thousands of sea creatures on the UK coast Date: November 2, 2021Author: Nwo Report    Source: NworeportLONDON, England: After thousands of dead sea creatures were found on beaches in North East England, British environmental authorities have launched an investigation.On Monday, Marske-by-the-Sea resident Sharon Bell told CNN she went to the […]

Gold Coast Doctor Warns: ‘There Really is No Future in Being Unvaccinated’

A stern warning from the Gold Coast University Hospital’s Head of Infectious Diseases, as Queensland prepares to open the borders in December. by Monique StClair Recent modelling by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute shows that we could be dealing with around 1,200 a case by August next year. Chief Health Officer Doctor Jeanette Young says […]

Diver Discovers 900-Year-Old Crusader Sword Off Coast of Israel

A diver in Israel has discovered a rare 900-year-old Crusader sword among a collection of ancient artifacts. This massive weapon, that was once welded by a legendary Crusader knight , was found not on a historic battlefield, as those discovered to date usually are, but underwater on the seabed near a popular tourist resort in […]

Dolphin toys with buoy off Turkey coast

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Divers Find Huge 1,500-Year-Old Roman Coin Hoard off The Spanish Coast

Two amateur divers cleaning trash from the seabed of Alicante while holidaying off the coast of Spain have uncovered a cache of 1,500-year-old gold Roman coins. Numbering 53 in total, the gold coins are in a ‘perfect state of conservation’ and are dated to the late 4th and early 5th century. The stash was found […]

North Korea Fires 2 Ballistic Missiles Off East Coast, South Korea Officials Say

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, two days after the North claimed to have tested a new missile in its first weapons test in six months. The two ballistic missiles launched from a site in central North Korea flew toward […]

Hurricane Nicholas Smashes Texas Coast: ‘Dangerous’ Flood, Storm Surge Warnings Issued

Hurricane Nicholas made landfall along the Texas coast early on Tuesday morning, bringing with it the threat of up to 20 inches of rainfall to parts of the Gulf Coast, including the same area devastated by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 alongside storm-battered Louisiana. The hurricane strengthened from a tropical storm late on Monday as winds […]

“This Is Big”: 14-Mile Long Oil Spill In Gulf Of Mexico Investigated By Coast Guard

“This Is Big”: 14-Mile Long Oil Spill In Gulf Of Mexico Investigated By Coast GuardPosted on September 6, 2021 By Tyler DurdenThe US Coast Guard is responding to a 14-mile long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico discovered in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, officials said Saturday according to Bloomberg. The spill, which consists […]

Shark Fatally Bites Surfer Off Australia’s East Coast

SYDNEY (AP) — A surfer was fatally bitten by a shark off Australia’s eastern coast Sunday as many locals went to beaches to celebrate Father’s Day. Fellow surfers, bystanders and paramedics gave the man CPR but he had a critical arm injury and could not be revived, New South Wales ambulance official Chris Wilson said. […]

Photo Gallery: Hurricane Ida blasts Gulf Coast

Photo Gallery On Aug. 29, Hurricane Ida made landfall along the Gulf Coast, coming ashore in Louisiana as a Category 4 storm. Ida made landfall exactly 16 years to the day that Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana and Mississippi, leaving more than 1,800 people dead; it did not hit as hard as Katrina but its impact […]

Hurricane Nora Makes Landfall on Mexico’s Southwestern Coast

MONTERREY, Mexico—The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned of torrential rains, life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides as Hurricane Nora made landfall on Saturday evening on the northwest coast of the Mexican state of Jalisco. After making landfall near Vicente Guerrero, the category 1 hurricane has continued northward near the coast, NHC said. Videos posted on […]

At least 8 dead after Hurricane Grace hits Mexico’s gulf coast

At least eight people, including children, have died after Hurricane Grace hit Mexico’s gulf coast, said Cuitláhuac García, governor of Mexico’s Veracruz state. Three more were missing after mudslides and flooding and 330,000 people lost power. The Category 3 storm drenched coastal and inland areas of Mexico after it made a second landfall in two […]

Ivory Coast begins Ebola vaccinations after first case detected in nearly 30 years

The Ivory Coast is vaccinating against Ebola after recording its first case of the killer disease in nearly 30 years. An 18-year-old Guinean woman tested positive for the illness last week, health minister Pierre N’Gou Demba told state TV station RTI. Officials said the woman arrived in the Ivory Coast on Wednesday having travelled by […]

Asphalt Princess: Hijackers have left vessel off UAE coast, says British navy group

The hijackers who seized a vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman left the targeted ship on Wednesday, the British navy reported, without elaborating. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that the incident, which it had described as a “potential hijack” the night before, was […]

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