The overflowing of Sydney’s largest dam has left the city in ‘uncharted territory’ and could send floodwaters racing towards its outer suburbs, an expert has warned. The heritage-listed Warragamba Dam about 70km west of central Sydney started spilling at 3pm on Saturday as a wild rainstorm battered the coast of New South Wales. The volume … Read more
That’s dam clever! Beavers build their first water barrier in Exmoor for 400 years as they create ‘instant wetland’ just nine months after being introduced to slow the flow of the river The dam was constructed by the beavers at the Holnicote Estate near Minehead Animals are first to be released into the wild … Read more
Chris Hemsworth is pictured leaving a luxury beachside mansion to kick off filming for his action flick Spiderhead on the Gold Coast’s Hinze Dam By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:47 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 05:00 GMT, 18 November 2020 It’s been two months since he signed an impressive four-movie Netflix … Read more
The Dam Busters star John Fraser who escaped poverty on a Glasgow council estate to appear in films alongside Peter Sellers had died aged 89. The actor – who was once described as the ‘most handsome man in Britain’ – shot to fame playing Flight Lieutenant J V ‘Hoppy’ Hopgood in the 1955 epic British war … Read more
Breathtaking Lake Sarez in Tajikistan’s Pamir Mountains is one of the great natural wonders of Asia, but it is also a ticking time bomb, hemmed in by a landslide dam that if breached could cause, according to the UN, ‘the worst natural disaster in human history’. The cause for concern emanates from the way the … Read more
Egypt has demanded to know whether Ethiopia is deliberately filling its £3bn dam amid claims that water flow in the Blue Nile has dropped by 90million cubic metres a day. The 500ft-high Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam spans 6,000ft across the Blue Nile river – which supplies Egypt, Ethiopia’s downstream neighbour, with 90 per cent of … Read more
Ethiopia has announced that it has started filling a lake behind its newly-constructed, £3billion dam – a move that could spark conflict with downstream neighbour Egypt amid fears it will reduce the Nile to a trickle. Seleshi Bekele, Ethiopia’s water minister, announced the move Wednesday – one day after the latest round of talks with … Read more
Urban photographer Jeroen van Dam does take pictures of regular famous landmarks. But the supremely talented snapper – he was shortlisted in this year’s Sony World Photography Awards – prefers to shoot hidden, darker and grittier environments. And when he does – he makes them look absolutely epic, sometimes even glamorous. This slice of monumental … Read more