A subway train crash Sept. 27 on Shanghai’s newest line resulted in at least 262 injuries, 20 of which are serious. The accident occurred sometime between 2:30 p.m. and 3:10 p.m. near the Laoximen metro stop, when a signal failed. Coming soon after the Wenzhou train crash, this accident will test for the public’s trust [...]
On July 23, 2011, near Wehzhou, a high-speed train hit the back of another train. Both trains were on a bridge high above the ground. Forty people were killed and 191 were hurt. Railroad workers arrived almost as quickly as emergency workers. One photo showed railroad workers working around a dead body just 90 minutes [...]
The word `tsunami}` is a Japanese word. It means `harbor wave` or a large wave of water that comes onto land. Many tsunamis have hit Japan in the past. In 1963, scientists added their own meaning to `tsunami}`. Scientists say that a tsunami is `a wave in the ocean caused by a geologic event.` Usually [...]
If this happens, the warm Gulf Stream would not heat the eastern US and Canada or western Europe. This would give those places cooler and drier weather. This change in weather could cause crops to fail, ocean fish to go other places, and an increase in forest fires. Today, the Gulf Stream brings warm water [...]
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