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It was caught by a strong north-easterly wind (from behind the boat) which forced the front of the vessel under water and caused it to quickly capsize. Many of the occupants were trapped beneath the sail and all were drowned except Wood who managed to swim to one of the banks.
A sixth person was found dead Thursday afternoon, St. Lucie County Sheriff's officials said. Sheriff Keith Pearson said search-and-rescue efforts remain underway and he hopes to find more people ...
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At least 24 deaths are being reported and more than 12,000 structures burned as firefighters in California battle several wildfires tearing across the Los Angeles area, sending tens of thousands ...
A katabatic wind (named from Ancient Greek κατάβασις 'descent') is a downslope wind caused by the flow of an elevated, high-density air mass into a lower-density air mass below under the force of gravity.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestselling nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. [1] It details Krakauer's experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Friday a new set of plans to achieve his state’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045, including asking the California Energy Commission to plan ...
This process hopes to eliminate any trapped air from binding to the impurities in the freezing process. Certain machines and processes allow for slow freezing and the removal of impurities and therefore are able to produce the clear blocks of ice that are favored by ice carvers. However, not all blocks that are carved are clear ice.