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The unusual December cyclone Michaung has instigated intense rains in many eastern coastal regions. One of the hardest-hit cities is Chennai in Tamil Nadu, and the continuous rains have caused massive floods in the city. Recently, as a result of these floods, the entire ecosystem of the city has been flipped over, and a massive crocodile was seen crossing a road. This crocodile was seen moving across a single-lane road near Vellore Institute of Technology, and a video of this has been shared online. People were…

Every year, tourists from all over the country flock to Goa, attracted by its beautiful coastline, which is predominantly sandy. However, dealing with sand can be a challenge for those who are unfamiliar with it. Here is an example of a tourist who parked their SUV on a sandy surface and ended up getting it completely stuck. Thankfully, locals came to their aid and helped retrieve the car. The incident occurred when the owner of the car and his friends parked the vehicle on a sandy surface and went to a nearby market.…

Great news for those traveling to China! You can finally enjoy the seamless, cashless payment experience that you may have heard about for years and avoid the awkward interaction of asking your local friends to pay and giving them paper money that they can’t spend anywhere. This week, China’s two dominant mobile payment solutions, WeChat Pay and Alipay, announced that foreign users can now pay at Chinese retailers by linking their foreign credit cards, including Visa, Mastercard and Discover.…

The Delhi-NCR has logged one of the highest rainfalls in decades. The infrastructure of the national capital and adjoining areas are infamous for waterlogging and these record levels of rainfalls created havoc in the region. While different sources and reports suggested how rainfalls brought the city to its knees, here is a video that shows the same. A group of locals came to rescue a couple of car occupants after their vehicle stopped in the middle of a flooded road. VIDEO | Locals rescued passengers from a car after…

The world depends on the ocean to meet increasing demands for food, income, energy and minerals and transportation. However, marine ecosystems face serious challenges from over-exploitation, extraction, pollution, loss of biodiversity and climate change. Now more than ever, there is an urgent need to strike a balance between production and protection for all ocean users' current and future needs. But as shown by…

This story is one in a series featuring trips down memory lane with longtime Casa Bonita fans and former employees who shared their fondest tales with The Denver Post. The restaurant and entertainment venue in Lakewood is expected to reopen in May. The inescapable narrative about Casa Bonita is that the food was terrible. Well, every menu item except for its famous sopapillas, which appeared tableside warm and drizzled in honey whenever a customer would raise the little red table flag. This bit of local folklore has been…

The Mahindra Thar is currently the most popular and affordable 4×4 SUV that one can buy in India. The SUV was launched in the market a few years ago, and even today, it has a long waiting period. It is an extremely capable off-road SUV, and many videos on the internet have proved this fact. Mahindra Thar is a capable off-roader, but that does not mean you can drive it to any tough or extreme terrain. Here, we have an incident from Andhra Pradesh where a Mahindra Thar owner learned this the hard way. He drove his Thar…

Seldom do we come across instances of humanity, in which people are saved from facing adverse consequences in a road accident or mishap. In one such heart-touching incident, which could have turned into a fatal one, a group of locals saved army personnel and his Hyundai Venue from sinking in the Brahmaputra river. The said incident has been reported from Nimati Ghat situated on the banks of the Brahmaputra River in Assam. An army personnel was trying to board a ferry at the ghat in his Hyundai Venue. However, in the…

An amazing event occurred in the evening skies of Texas, USA that left the local citizens terrified. On Wednesday, February 15, a gigantic fireball was seen zooming across the sky near the USA and Mexico border. McAllen, Texas got the best view of the event and many residents reported hearing loud boom and experienced their houses shaking as the fireball flew past in the sky. NASA, after running a preliminary analysis, believes that the fireball was caused by a meteoroid that exploded yesterday. As further examination…

Accidents are quite common on Indian roads. Every day we come across reports of accidents from different parts of the country. In many cases people lose their lives while in other they survive with injuries. One has to be extremely careful while driving or even walking on the road. Here we have a video report of a lucky woman from Kerala who miraculously escaped from an accident. She got stuck under a bus and locals had to rescue her by cutting her hair off. The video has been uploaded by Manorama News on their YouTube…