| 单词 | rafts |
| 例句 | Northwest of downtown, in the old Scandinavian neighborhood of Ballard, tugboats belching plumes of black smoke nosed long rafts of logs into the locks that would raise them to the level of Lake Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Near us, two sailors with axes chopped at lines, and two big life rafts plunged toward the water, which looked blade except for pools of fire from burning fuel oil. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His characters escape from Cuba on rafts of sticks and tires, refuse to harvest grapefruit, dream of singing in a rock and roll band in California. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They board ferries and cabin cruisers, rafts and fishermen’s boats. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He taught Mona and Callie to float too; all three of them bobbed out there like rafts, together. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A whitecap tossed us beyond a cluster of rafts, most of them empty. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Well, flying rafts don’t come with seat belts, and the rock lasers were all riled up. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Those rafts sailed with the wind along the Pacific coast. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Well after midnight, a magnificent high tide arrives, the largest waves smashing against the bases of the ramparts, the sea green and aerated and networked with seething rafts of moonlit foam. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There are cheery kayakers and bicyclists and crews of friends carrying rafts. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He held a rope in his other hand, and he was pulling several rafts full of people and animals. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z South of the Blackwater, Davos saw men dragging crude rafts toward the water while ranks and columns formed up beneath a thousand streaming banners. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine where they found such a quantity of rafts. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Downstream, conunoners and highborn captains alike could see the hot green death swirling toward their rafts and carracks and ferries, borne on the current of the Blackwater. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Some of the other sailors had to haul life rafts in the freezing cold. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Stannis would have kept them busy building rafts and fletching arrows, yet even so the waiting would have been a hard thing to bear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Camps had been seen, half-built rafts, even the hull of a broken cog that someone had begun repairing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were big, important yachts and little rafts and motorboats and sailboats and working boats and pleasure boats. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And then we passed two rafts, stuck together with ice. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Someone had set up their own little camp, using bright blue pool rafts as mattresses. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was back in the small cluster of rafts and blankets that Liam and his friend had set up the last time he was here. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Fishermen call greetings from rafts to sailing boats, and huge, silvery river dolphins leap unexpectedly into the air. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z True, they had settled a few islands by swimming short stretches of water or crossing them on improvised rafts. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like a library in there, tall stacks of rods, shirts, hats, pants, shoes and jackets, and tennis rackets and inflatable rafts lining the narrow aisles. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The rafts are a few planks of wood lashed on top of two tractor tire inner tubes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Down here, the city blocks dissolved into rafts of houseboats tied loosely together. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z So he’d snuck a look: and there they were, floating on twin inflatable rafts, in twin blue wading pools of water. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In capacity, speed, maneuverability, and seaworthiness, those Eurasian ships were far superior to the rafts that carried out trade between the New World’s most advanced societies, those of the Andes and Mesoamerica. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Forty thousand years ago, those crossings may have been achieved by bamboo rafts, low-tech but seaworthy watercraft still in use in coastal South China today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Look at her clothes. She is one of those children who ride the flimsy rafts to beg for money.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z These may have looked like life rafts, but they were torpedo boats. The Magazine Business, From the Coolest Place to the Coldest One 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z René allies himself with an anti-Castro activist group and flies out to rescue Cuban refugees trying to get to the United States on rafts. ‘Wasp Network’ Review: Fleeing Cuba With Loyalties in Question 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Onstage, bourgeoisie lounge at the beach, blissfully ignorant that they are tanning by the same sea where refugees have cast out in rafts, to live or die. At the Opera, Humans Bear Witness to Atrocity, or Ignore It 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z I found no harlequins, but did see rafts of eiders, plenty of loons, a dozen long-tailed ducks, many cormorants, a few red-breasted mergansers and a single black scoter. On a Maine Island, Steep Bluffs and Solitude 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The better shareable dishes are the aforementioned tender mussels, served with rafts of toast to sponge the sweet heat, and pimento cheese accompanied by bacon jam, its seasoning reminiscent of baked beans. Review | Bar Charley has grown up. Now, you’ll dine as well as you drink. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Problems with the conveyor system that hauls four-person rafts to the top of the 17-story slide forced park officials to cancel two media sneak preview days this week. Opening of world’s tallest water slide delayed 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z By the time we boarded the rafts, just a few minutes later, our soaking clothes had dried in the hot desert air. Older adventurers stay young at heart rafting the Grand Canyon’s rapids 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z On bamboo rafts illuminated by lanterns, guides were ferrying a mix of Thai and foreign visitors into the five-story opening. Journeys: Ban Tham Lod in Northern Thailand 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z If you go to the theatre often, then you'll see rafts of plays – revivals and debuts – where you can foretell the closing scene practically as soon as the curtain rises. Why I do love to be all at sea at the theatre 2012-07-10T15:30:21Z Certainly, Stella fares better by every possible socioeconomic measure, but she and Kennedy are shipwrecked, bobbing in open water, even if their life rafts are bejeweled. A Novel Imagines the Fate of Twin Sisters, One Passing for White 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Families gather near lakes, rivers and canals around the country to float rafts decorated with candles, incense and flowers. Thai police take wind out of sails of festival goers with death threat 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z “Some people made big decisions in the rafts,” says Matt. I was shipwrecked in icy south Atlantic waters 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z In 1946, a curly-haired brunette named Goldie Lippman, who had spent World War II making life rafts in a rubber factory in Ohio, set about looking for a better way to clean her hands. The power of Purell compels you! 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Such dedication to wrenching new sounds out of their guitars kept the musicians staring down at the rafts of effects pedals at their feet: hence the name shoegaze. Araki's films are a crash course in shoegazing 2011-08-05T23:03:00Z It consists of a man at somewhat less than life-size, floating on one of those cheerful inflatable pool rafts—except that the work is vertical, installed spotlighted on an aqua wall. ‘New Works by Ron Mueck’ Review: Craft Meets Emotion, Personified 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z In the world of “Exit West,” migration doesn’t involve rubber rafts or bloodied feet but, rather, “doors that could take you elsewhere, often to places far away.” A Novel About Refugees That Feels Instantly Canonical 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z He treated us all the same, encouraging us to swim, go rowing, make rafts, cycle, fish from the river bank or play tennis. Family life 2011-03-05T00:07:13Z Also, enormous romper-stomper clown boots, pumps encased in what looked like little inflatable life rafts and a briefcase-like “Money” bag that opened from below. Balenciaga Occupies Wall Street 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The river is completely obstructed in places by driftwood logjams that threaten to pull rafts — and rafters — under, and heavily populated by some of the world’s largest grizzlies. The Man Who Tried to Catch the 100-Pound Salmon 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Top tip: Get the full Rogue experience in one swoop with a rafting-supported-backpacking trip, offered by several area outfitters: rafts transport camping gear downstream and offer tired hikers a chance to float down the river. Top 10 national and state parks in Oregon 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z A few years earlier he had been one of the seven-strong multinational crew on Thor Heyerdahl’s two Ra expeditions to sail reed rafts, like those used in ancient Egypt, across the Atlantic. Mutiny on the Sex Raft: how a 70s science project descended into violent chaos 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Hidden under the drumsticks and thighs are rafts of baguette that sat under the rotisserie, imbibing every drop that fell from the bird. It’s Not Fake French, It’s Frenchette 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Water coasters, where riders in rafts sometimes travel uphill, propelled by high-pressure jets or magnets, are now the rage. Taking the Plunge at the New Volcano Bay Water Park in Orlando 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z In addition to booking our flights in and out from the river, we reserved two rafts, coolers and camp chairs. A do-it-yourself fishing adventure on Alaska’s Kanektok River 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The potentate supports the mission with the full force of his harsh reign—he offers Percy a crew of enslaved indigenous people, as well as rafts and other supplies. “The Lost City of Z” Resuscitates Cinema’s Classic Adventure Tale 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z In an awards show, where the energy is likely to flag, musical interludes can be life rafts. "Nomadland" wins big at the 2021 Oscars, which made history — and some unfortunate choices 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z After the ship's tilt put many life rafts out of service, helicopters had to pluck to safety dozens of people remaining aboard, hours after Schettino was seen leaving the vessel. Couple missing after cruise ship capsizes 2012-01-16T19:46:00Z In her studio are precise scale models for the rafts, which are officially registered watercraft. Swoon Blurs the Line Between Art and Activism 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The spreads come with rafts of toasted bread and threaten to spoil you for main courses. Review | At the resurrected Addie’s, the seafood is towering — and the polish lacking 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z No wonder, then, that Twain watched timber rafts rushing down the Neckar, “hoping to see one of them hit the bridge-pier and wreck itself.” Mark Twain Found Inspiration in Germany (Though the Language Eluded Him) 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and the Clark Art Institute presented an outdoor “In Plain Site” that featured the company performing “Group Primary Accumulation” on rafts in a pond filled with lily pads. The Persistence of Vision (Trisha Brown’s, That Is) 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z We only had rafts – two 45-gallon drums laced together with wooden batons. Experience: I survived 15 days adrift on a raft 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The crew would follow behind in more rafts, forming a bizarre flotilla. Anjelica Huston: My father John's wildest shoot 2010-05-11T20:35:00Z I watched from my chair as a man pulled three children around the pool on rafts. Single in the Caribbean Sun 2012-02-03T19:34:19Z The ride uses a conveyor belt to move rafts through faux river rapids, and the injuries occurred after a boat carrying six people flipped over. Deadly accident at Iowa amusement ride is 2nd since 2016 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z And that raft is super easy to grill, much easier to grill four or five rafts than 20 individual asparagus stalks. Award-winning barbecue guru Steve Raichlen on summer grilling: "Less meat, more vegetables" 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z My endeavor did require a certain amount of intrepid travel, though not the kind that involves eating ants or crossing rivers on makeshift rafts. Frugal Traveler: In Europe, a Few Coins for a Wealth of Culture 2013-06-21T18:25:25Z There will be, like, 300 people there, and there won’t be any inner tubes or rafts left.” College Recreation Now Includes Pool Parties and River Rides 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z With just a few bits of string and bicycle inner-tube the New Vietnam Circus artistes build and rebuild superb, moving structures: huts, nests, stilt houses, rafts, suspension bridges and lots more. L?ng T?i (My Village) - review 2011-07-26T12:59:02Z Shockingly, the group’s two life rafts did not at first inflate, The Sun reports, forcing the passengers to swim together for an hour toward the nearest island. Tourists jump into shark-infested sea after boat catches fire 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The Oars crew also included four oarsmen who skillfully navigated our huge rafts through the rapids while carrying the entire group’s food, tents, mats, supplies and gear. A grand six-day adventure running the Grand Canyon rapids 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z More of a surprise, however, was when he put on a life vest and joined one of the rafts. Yo-Yo Ma Is Finding His Way Back to Nature Through Music 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Wilson faced the challenge by building on concrete rafts set atop the mud, and Sassoon founded the Aerocrete Company, which produced a lighter, “aerated” concrete that further diminished the load. The Man Who Changed the Face of Shanghai 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Guides maneuvered four inflatable rafts with oars while we just held on tight, sometimes screaming as if on a roller coaster. Older adventurers stay young at heart rafting the Grand Canyon’s rapids 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z One of the best parts was the lift system for those rafts. Taking the Plunge at the New Volcano Bay Water Park in Orlando 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z The ride uses a conveyor belt to move large circular rafts through rapids. Father recounts Iowa amusement ride accident that killed son 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z U.S. online retailer Gilt Groupe said on Friday that the lifeboat, replicated from real rafts used between the 1920s and 1950s, is among props from the movie up for sale next week. "Life of Pi" movie lifeboat for sale at $40,000 2012-11-17T01:15:45Z Overburdened with cilantro and daikon, they clung to purple potato rafts as if they feared capsizing into the sea of saffron broth. Dinner at the Tulalip Bay and Blackfish restaurants in the Tulalip Casino hit a high note ? as do the prices 2010-04-22T22:23:00Z In tiny canoes or rafts, these people were crossing substantial chunks of sea more than 50,000 years ago. Beyond the Blue Horizon by Brian Fagan; Thirst by Steven Mithen – review 2012-09-29T23:05:06Z A boombox blared U2 and R.E.M. while a few brave girls floated on rafts or batted a rubber ball around in the pool, like a commercial for some generic island getaway. "Bama Rush" reminded me of my own desperate need to belong 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z At first, they were issued the same plates given to rafts. A Giant Violin Floats Down Venice’s Grand Canal 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z But they were never repeated, while his vessels were little more than lumbering rafts. Water, water, everywhere 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z They’ve pushed into the sea on rafts and inner tubes and surfboards, anything they could find. Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z As these vast crustal rafts drifted across the globe, so landscapes and life adjusted. Supercontinent: how the world is moving together 2013-06-09T17:00:00Z Stretched across boards and swatches of windsurfer sails, the staffs suggest rafts, whether of the actual sort Davis saw while traveling in Micronesia or symbolic ones on which to brave rising sea levels. Review | In the galleries: Images focus on the future of the planet 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z There’s a changing house where a lifeguard dozes, probably sleeping off a spree, and, out on the lake, rafts and buoys and a pumping station that delivers drinking water to the area. From Chicago to Mackinac Island, a Tour of Lake Michigan 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z A sellout crowd was there for a film premiere and multimedia concert, documenting and inspired by Swoon’s travel on the rafts. Swoon Blurs the Line Between Art and Activism 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The revelers take their cues from the famous DJs onstage who are known to surf the crowd in inflatable rafts, throw sheet cakes at clubbers' faces and spray vintage champagne into their mouths. Casino bosses transform Sin City into Club City 2013-05-05T18:09:09Z But when the resort staff and guests are killed one by one in spectacularly disgusting fashion, the group’s ability to work together — and traverse zip-lines and make D.I.Y. rafts — acquires life and death stakes. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Her works, full of wit and rigor, unfolded on rooftops and rafts and even on the sides of buildings as well as in lofts and galleries, and later on proscenium stages. Sending the Trisha Brown Legacy Back Into the World 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Our trip, which included rental for two rafts, two coolers and four chairs for eight days, cost about $2,200 per person, plus a 14-day nonresident sport fishing license fee of $75. A do-it-yourself fishing adventure on Alaska’s Kanektok River 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z In the wreckage, I clung to my children as if they were life rafts. One upside to the divorce I didn’t want 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z When I was there some passing kids, amused by the dangling dead-end, began pulling plaques loose and tossing them, like toy rafts or bullion, into restless waves that are carrying unimagined changes to their world. The Havana Biennial Is Running at Full Throttle 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Instagram has escalated them into thirst traps of preening bodies and unicorn rafts as massive as a cruise liner. Perspective | Pool parties are soul-crushing spectacles of half-naked strangers posing next to an artificial swamp 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z We’d stop our rafts for short hikes up the canyon to view Native American pictographs or pioneer homesteads. On Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon River, a family’s in the rafts and off the grid Because the plane had landed between two ferry terminals, rescue vessels arrived quickly, the first within four minutes; people did not have to perch on the inflatable life rafts for long. Chesley Sullenberger: an old-fashioned kind of hero 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z On top of getting clients into fish, she navigates rafts through Class IV and Class V whitewater. Montana cold-water fishing offers respite from crowds 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z So is a minuscule untitled color-pencil sketch of tethered log rafts floating against some pilings in Bellingham Bay, with a sunset sky in the background distilled to two simple streaks, one purple, one pink. Forests and mountains dominate 'Evergreen Muse: The Art of Elizabeth Colborne' at Whatcom Museum 2011-08-19T18:26:04Z The African Queen was too small to shoot in, given the size of the Technicolor cameras, so mock-ups were made of each end of the boat and placed on rafts. Anjelica Huston: My father John's wildest shoot 2010-05-11T20:35:00Z Their movement made the rafts gently travel; the ripples in the water fragmented the reflections of the sunset. Trisha Brown Dances Animate a Scottish Landscape 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Last year we rafted the river through red-rock canyons with Wyoming River Trips; this year they are using new hygiene protocols, including limiting rafts to six participants. Yellowstone during the pandemic: Reliably magnificent 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z White Sulphur Springs, population 970, is a ranching town unburdened by stoplights at the foot of the Castle Mountains, 27 miles south of where boaters put in their rafts. Can Montana’s Smith River Survive a Nearby Mine? 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Others said they had their phones, money and medications confiscated before being forced onto boats, taken out to sea and transferred onto life rafts. Asylum-seekers in Greece face violence, pushbacks -aid group MSF 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z One day we float down the pale turquoise water of the Kenai River on rafts, spotting salmon and bald eagles, including an eaglet. A runner finds a sense of belonging on an Alaskan retreat for people of color 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z It depends on where he and White are flying, but sometimes survival suits and inflatable life rafts are on the list. Elite pilots prepare for ‘camping out in the sky’ as they compete in prestigious gas balloon race 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z They abandoned ship using a lifeboat and two life rafts, the Coast Guard said. US Coast Guard rescues 12 after cargo ship runs aground in US Virgin Islands 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The lake and its extensive wetlands once teemed with fish, birds, beavers and frogs, and the people who lived on its shores built rafts out of tules and fished with basket traps. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z These skin cells act as boats or rafts carrying glandular secretions and your resident microbes – a combination of ingredients that emit your scent – and depositing them in your surroundings. Your Body Odor Could Be Used to Track Your Movements or Health 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Important sea grasses and corals suffer when light is blocked by seaweed rafts. Massive Belt of Seaweed Floating Toward Beaches 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z When it floods, residents of Char islands often row in makeshift rafts with a few belongings, and sometimes livestock, to dry land. AP PHOTOS: In India, river islanders face the brunt of increasingly frequent flooding 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Videos circulating on social media show flooded streets in Hong Kong and nearby Guangdong province, with vehicles driving through the water and rescue teams using rafts to navigate the streets. Rain pouring onto Hong Kong and southern China floods city streets and subway stations 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Georgie Duckworth swims and rafts regularly in the river with her two young boys, like other local residents, and describes the spills as "outrageous". Water firms illegally spilled sewage on dry days - data suggests 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z That’s where the pond used to be, where they built makeshift rafts, says his brother, John Houston, 69. Renton brothers seek reparations decades after sale of family land 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Sargassum rafts have been growing in size every year. Massive Belt of Seaweed Floating Toward Beaches 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z More commonly floods displace animals such as snakes and rats—or prompt fire ants to form escape “rafts,” floating masses of the painfully stinging insects. What’s in Floodwaters? 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Types of boats include rubber rafts and fishing vessels - and on the Tunisian route, metal boats are common. Migrant boats in the Mediterranean: Why are so many people dying? 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z The local public security bureau said on Tuesday the city faced water shortages and a partial power outage, adding that it urgently needed rafts, life jackets and emergency supplies. China intensifies flood rescue efforts south of Beijing after historic rains 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Those who make a living transporting people from one side of the lake to the other are altering their routes because their rafts and boats no longer reach their usual docks. A drought alert for receding Lake Titicaca has Indigenous communities worried for their future 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z He said one exhibit on Cuban immigrants was a scratch-and-sniff, telling visitors to smell the scent of the water in the Gulf of Mexico to experience what those coming over on boats and rafts experienced. GOP strips funding from Smithsonian’s Latino museum over ‘quasi-racist’ exhibit 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z They also might have feared that the Guard would set them and their children, however young, on rafts to continue drifting at sea, as had happened recently with other migrant ships approached by the Greeks. The migrant boat disaster and America's endless wars: Why we missed the real story 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z “We are very proud of Mount Adams down here,” said Mark Zoller, owner of Zoller’s Outdoor Odysseys, which runs rafts on the White Salmon River. What to know to go whitewater rafting in WA this summer 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z In some areas, rescue personnel used rubber rafts to rescue people stranded inside their homes, local media said. Torrential rain, floods kill 22 across northern India 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z They built tule rafts and fished with spears and basket traps. 'This water needs to be protected': California tribe calls for preservation of Tulare Lake 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z An ill-fated ship synonymous with hubris and known for exposing the basest impulses of the uber-wealthy who fled the sinking steamliner in life rafts while leaving sequestered third-class passengers to die. Commentary: As those aboard the Titan submersible suffer, social media laughs 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Thus, any rivercraft sailing past Fall City today consists only of recreational rowboats, rafts and kayaks. Soothing steamboat runs ended in the upriver Snoqualmie in 1917 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Civilians in the city of Kherson clutched personal belongings as they waded through knee-deep water or rode rubber rafts. Flooding from dam break strands hundreds and leaves thousands with no drinking water in Ukraine 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Space was limited on the trucks, and an effort to tow two rafts behind one went awry when the ropes snapped. Citizens scramble to escape floodwaters after Ukraine dam breach 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Civilians in Kherson clutched personal belongings as they waded through knee-deep water in the streets and rode rubber rafts. Ukraine rushes drinking water to flooded areas as officials wrestle with impact of major dam breach 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Therefore, it is thought that monkeys arose in the Old World and reached the New World either by drifting on log rafts or by crossing land bridges. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z This means they must have used rafts of some type, probably by crossing short distances between islands. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z No survivors or life rafts have been spotted. Chinese envoy asks Australia to increase search for 39 aboard capsized fishing boat in Indian Ocean 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The concept of floating solar is simple: attach panels onto rafts so they float on water instead of blocking off land that could be used for agriculture or buildings. Long popular in Asia, floating solar catches on in US 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Much of the latest surge has been driven by thousands of Venezuelan adults and children crossing the river into Texas in recent days by wading, swimming and cramming into smugglers’ rafts. New surge of migrants strains U.S. capacity ahead of May 11 deadline 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Carlton had been studying invasive species along the West Coast of the U.S., when, in 2012 he started seeing giant rafts of debris ferrying coastal sea creatures across the Pacific. The Pacific garbage patch hosts a new threat | Faye Flam 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Likewise, discoveries of human habitation dating from fourteen thousand years ago in South America suggest that rafts or boats of some kind may also have been used to skirt the North and South American coasts. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Many other Cubans attempted the perilous journey to Florida in rickety boats and rafts. US and Cuba to hold fresh round of migration talks this week 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z On rafts and canoes made from the thick tule reeds, Yokut hunters fished for salmon, perch and sturgeon while the women waded far into the waters to dig for clams and mussels. California's 'phantom lake' returns with a vengeance, unearthing an ugly history of water 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z As conglomerates attempt to expand their slices of L.A.’s ever-inflating real estate market, engineers and artists are looking around for their life rafts. 'We're losing our Abbey Road': Famed L.A. music studio United Recording lays off staff 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Year after year, the artificial rafts kept coming — boats, docks, refrigerators, housing materials, kitchen gadgets. The Pacific garbage patch hosts a new threat | Faye Flam 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z If evidence of 15,000-year-old rafts and canoes was found along the Pacific coast, how might this change our understanding of early migration in the Americas? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Italy has talked of naval blockades, and Greece has secretly expelled refugees on inflatable and sometimes overburdened life rafts. Migrant Deaths Shine Light on Europe’s Harder Line and Broken Promises 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z The Des Moines Register reports that the violations included using Flex Seal instead of approved patches to fix leaks in rafts’ flotation bladders, which keep the ride afloat, and not adequately documenting or testing repairs. Ride at Iowa amusement park where boy died will never reopen 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z No one was found in the three life rafts and two lifeboats searched by South Korean coast guard crews who later arrived on a speedboat. Cargo ship sinks between South Korea, Japan; 5 crew rescued 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Over geologic history, floating rafts of natural debris probably brought many living things to islands — lizards and frogs to Haiti, land snails to Hawaii and even tortoises to the Galapagos. The Pacific garbage patch hosts a new threat | Faye Flam 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Some residents expressed frustration about the persistent influx of migrants as they recently inspected two large rafts abandoned in a Florida Keys community park. DeSantis tested on immigration as he weighs 2024 candidacy 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Sacramento residents navigated their city’s flooded streets on rafts buoyed by whiskey barrels. Damage Mounts in California From Days of Heavy Rain 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z On a recent tour, several deflated rafts were visible in a particularly overgrown section of the United States river front. They Built the Wall. Now Some in Texas Fear It May Fall Down. 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z They were one of the first hominids to depart Africa and used tools like stone hand axes, which could have been used to cut down trees and build rafts. Our human ancestors learned to sail half a million years ago, study suggests 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z And since the natural rafts were made of biodegradable materials, they couldn’t float across vast oceans. The Pacific garbage patch hosts a new threat | Faye Flam 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z He added: "It's a construction site so I'd like to remind participants not to leave their rafts." Boxing Day raft race organisers ask crowds not to throw eggs or flour 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z The couple, who work for a company that makes recreation and military rafts, had applied for a grant to earthquake-retrofit their decades-old home under the state’s Earthquake Brace and Bolt program. How to protect your home from the type of damage seen in Humboldt County's 6.4 earthquake 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z The 30 people without life jackets grabbed buoys or tried to escape on inflatable rafts. As Hope Fades for Missing Thai Sailors, Ship’s Safety Is Scrutinized 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z They may not have used rafts either, and instead just floated across on large pieces of driftwood. Our human ancestors learned to sail half a million years ago, study suggests 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z But now, human trafficking groups are putting them to sea from French beaches in small rubber rafts with outboard engines and ordering the migrants to steer toward England. U.K. plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful, court rules 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z There were 75 seamen rescued from the boat but dozens more had to abandon ship in rafts and wearing life jackets. Thailand's navy searches for missing marines in race against time 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z By about 1 a.m., helicopters had arrived and released rescue rafts, a Thai Navy spokesman said, adding that more than 70 of the 106 crew members had been secured. Royal Thai Navy Scrambles to Rescue 31 After Its Ship Sinks 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z It was not immediately clear how many rafts had been deployed. Thai navy hunts for 33 missing marines after warship sinks 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The idea that they built rafts or even just hopped on floating logs to cross huge straits of water isn't so far-fetched. Our human ancestors learned to sail half a million years ago, study suggests 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z He said experiencing arts and culture has a "massive effect" on health and wellbeing, but that "whole rafts of people are being excluded from that because of ticket prices". London's unsold arts tickets given away to ease cost of living 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z The two-storey, wooden rafts are built by hand atop two large canoes and covered with the looping corozo leaves, bright lights and balloons mirroring the town's blue and white flag. Row over ancestral festivity divides Afro-Colombian town 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Handmade rafts are hardly out of the ordinary in Cuba, where innumerable vessels set off in attempts to reach Florida’s shores. Cuban curiosity: Raft with U.S. flag caught in plain view 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z They have left families and children abandoned on flimsy rafts or inflatable boats, or on tiny islands without shelter or food. Unequal mercy: The increasing persecution of refugees 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Show gang brutality, highlight people clinging to rafts made from rotted wood, make videos of dehydrated, choleric children fighting to live. Opinion | Evil is triumphing in Haiti, and the United States is doing little 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z People still wade in waist-high water or float on rafts through Baluchistan’s fields. Insurgency, neglect hurt flood relief in Pakistani province 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Come nightfall, the four colourful rafts take to the river with approximately 40 people on board, of whom about 12 are members of different local Afro-Pacific bands. Row over ancestral festivity divides Afro-Colombian town 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Many such migrants – often referred to as balseros – usually set off in rafts from remote parts of the island, shrouded by darkness to avoid being intercepted. Cuban curiosity: Raft with U.S. flag caught in plain view 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Go in February or March, when receding ice allows the dozen or so passengers in the inflatable Zodiac rafts of expedition cruises to get up-close views of blue whales, orcas, humpback whales and other cetaceans. The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z An enterprising businessman, William Barnard, took advantage of his role as postmaster to name the post office after his company that provided lighters, large rafts for unloading ships. Voters in this coastal Ventura County city will decide: Do we call ourselves 'Port' or 'Beach'? 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z The British government has sought to curb arrivals and smugglers bringing people seeking refuge via shipping containers or flimsy rafts across the English Channel from France, a route that has proved deadly at times. Bomb attack on U.K. migrant center fueled by extreme-right motive, police say 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Ahead of the rafts, the town's homonymous river flickers and glows as locals place 3,000 flaming coconuts into its waters to guide the balsadas to the town square. Row over ancestral festivity divides Afro-Colombian town 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Over-water routes require airlines to carry enough life rafts to accommodate all occupants of the airplane in the event of a loss of one raft of the largest rated capacity. U.S. urges airlines equip Florida-bound planes to fly over water 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The officials discussed additional steps planned to target Russia's military-industrial complex and the effects of several rafts of sanctions imposed by Washington. U.S. Treasury's Adeyemo heads to Europe to discuss sanctions on Russia, oil price cap 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Though less remote than it sounds, the area’s home to countless deer, rafts of geese, several hawks and at least one or two quite vocal owls, in addition to the usual backyard inhabitants. Opinion | Put your masks back on, please 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z She kept smelling salts on hand to revive those who fainted from the trauma and handed out rafts of prescriptions for sedatives. ‘They took my big love’: Ukraine woman searches for answers 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z From behind a veil of smoke, the glowing Virgin Mary statue emerges, illuminated by the fireworks and the rafts' bright lights. Row over ancestral festivity divides Afro-Colombian town 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Even as that official event unfolded, migrants continued to cross the Suchiate River between the two countries on inner-tube rafts, but most quickly turned themselves in to Mexican agents. U.S.-bound migration from Venezuela plunges under new policy 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Washington and its allies have imposed several rafts of sanctions targeting Moscow since its February invasion of Ukraine, including targeting the country's largest lenders and Russian President Vladimir Putin. U.S. Treasury's Adeyemo heads to Europe to discuss sanctions on Russia, oil price cap 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The rafts, woven from the stems of invasive hyacinths, are providing a lifeline for families during the increasingly extreme monsoon seasons, when dry land can be especially scarce. As seas rise, Bangladesh farmers revive floating farms 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Washington and its allies have imposed several rafts of sanctions targeting Moscow since the Feb. 24 invasion, including against its largest lenders and Putin himself. Ukraine curbs power usage after Russian attacks destroy some energy plants 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Two dozen rafts are tied up along the shore, and teams are ferrying oars, dry bags and coolers from a dirt parking lot down a 100-foot wooden ramp to the boats. In Idaho, R & R means rapids and relaxation 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z They were among the thousands who departed on rafts and boats after Fidel Castro said anyone who wanted to leave the island was free to flee. After Hurricane Ian took everything, one hard-hit block banded together 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, distraught residents waded through knee-high water Friday, salvaging what possessions they could from their flooded homes and loading them onto rafts and canoes. Dozens dead from Ian, one of strongest, costliest U.S. storms 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z The rafts, which take two months to make, are typically around 6 metres long and 1 metre wide, but can be several times that length, farmers said. As seas rise, Bangladesh farmers revive floating farms 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, distraught residents waded through knee-high water on Friday, salvaging what possessions they could from their flooded homes and loading them onto rafts and canoes. Dozens dead from Ian, one of strongest, costliest US storms 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z From here it’s a 10-minute float to camp, but the guides give us the option to hike while they deadhead the rafts. In Idaho, R & R means rapids and relaxation 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z The European Commission has drawn up several rafts of sanctions against Russia since Putin launched an invasion of neighboring Ukraine seven months ago. EU plans Russia trade sanctions over ‘sham’ Ukraine votes 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The life rafts and jackets Mr. Djiba had rested on were still tied on the upper deck, but were now 39 feet deep. Deadlier Than the Titanic: A Ferry Set Out With About 1,900 Aboard. Only 64 Survived. 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Washington and its allies have imposed several rafts of sanctions targeting Moscow following Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, including targeting Russian banks and President Vladimir Putin. U.S. expects more banks will cut off Russian payment system Mir -senior official 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Some of the rescuers used dinghy rafts and helicopters to reach trapped families, footage shows. Italy: Floods and rain kill at least eight overnight - officials 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Cubans who can’t afford a speedboat or the $10,000 to $15,000 for travel and smuggling fees to fly to Nicaragua sometimes flee on rafts made from pipes or wood. Cubans flee island’s economic woes by air, land and sea 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The operation destroyed or seized 45 suction motors used by illegal miners to extract gold-bearing soil from rivers, as well as 21 artisanal rafts in the Tambopata reserve, according to the prosecutor's office. Protesters block Peru's Interoceanic Highway after clashes with police 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z They are important in the inflation of life jackets, life rafts, and military balloons. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z Cholesterol also serves other functions, such as organizing clusters of transmembrane proteins into lipid rafts. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, illegal immigration has soared, with desperate people boarding unseaworthy rafts to cross the English Channel, and more than 20,000 detained this year. Brexit is Boris Johnson’s singular achievement. How well is it working? 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z After dropping our rafts down a steep trail, we floated downstream, casting into deep pools and occasionally pulling over to wade and fish a promising run. Trout abound around Fernie, British Columbia 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Lifeguards began using personal watercraft and inflatable rafts around the 1980s to quickly reach people in danger on the beach. Lifeguard drones can save lives. But U.S. beaches might not buy them. 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z You break camp, packing up your tent and dry bags, bringing them to a staging area where the guides carefully repack the rafts. Find quiet wilderness and a touch of luxury on a river so treacherous, it’s known as the ‘River of No Return’ 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z The cavities in the plasma membrane that form the vacuoles have membrane receptors and lipid rafts in addition to caveolin. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z All of the water, inflatable rafts and toys were sucked into the large hole within seconds. Man is killed when sinkhole opens under swimming pool at Israel home 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z On the left, the relationship is an isostatic one between two different rafts and a swimming pool full of peanut butter. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The new study reports that the rocks also contain pebbles and other debris carried along by rafts of ice, suggesting cold temperatures. Did fuzzy coats help dinosaurs survive one of Earth’s worst extinctions? 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Breann and her husband Matt Green own River of No Return Wilderness Outfitters, one of the companies licensed to bring people into the wilderness via inflatable rafts for both camping and lodge stays. Find quiet wilderness and a touch of luxury on a river so treacherous, it’s known as the ‘River of No Return’ 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Three homes - two-storey buildings attached to rafts - were removed on Tuesday and towed away. Outcry in Egypt as iconic Nile houseboats are destroyed 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z On Saturday in Portland, a flotilla of kayaks, canoes, fishing boats and rafts participated in a “Rally for Salmon,” organized by conservationists, tribes and anglers, to demonstrate support for dam removal. Public power utilities pour cash into campaign to boost support for Lower Snake River dams 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z The relationship of Earth’s crust to the mantle is similar to the relationship of the rafts to the peanut butter. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Washington and its allies have imposed several rafts of sanctions targeting Moscow since its invasion of Ukraine, including targeting the country's largest lenders and Russian President Vladimir Putin. U.S. Treasury's Adeyemo discussed Russia sanctions implementation in Turkey visit 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z While some of these newcomers hit the water on stand-up paddleboards or blowup rafts, others simply revel on the sidelines, picnicking, lounging in the sun or drinking takeout cocktails. ‘Wild Swimming’ in Restricted Beijing Offers Refreshing Break From Rules 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z The 120 survivors had to cling to life rafts for 50 hours before being rescued. USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Nearly a quarter-million people are now living in emergency relief camps in Assam, and many others have constructed their own temporary shelters and cobbled together basic rafts to escape areas cut off by the floods. AP PHOTOS: India, Bangladesh floods destroy homes, lives 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Soldiers used speedboats and inflatable rafts to navigate through submerged areas. Floods in India, Bangladesh leave millions homeless, 18 dead 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z For months at a time, crews in Congo live aboard these perilous rafts, piloting the timber in pursuit of a sliver of profit from the dismantling of a crucial forest. Raft by raft, a rainforest loses its trees 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Crews live aboard these rafts for a sliver of profit from the dismantling of the Congo Basin rainforest, which is becoming increasingly vital as a defense against climate change as the Amazon is felled. Meet the Peecyclers. Their Idea to Help Farmers Is No. 1. 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Men and women there lash timber together into rafts, floating downstream to lumber ports in an attempt to eke out a profit. Your Thursday Briefing: $1 Billion to Ukraine 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Months after cutting the trees, Marigi returns to the forest to pull the logs together and fasten them into rafts. In Nigeria's disappearing forests, loggers outnumber trees 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z "We could see lots of people, lots of our guys on the bow of the ship being lowered down into the life rafts." Falklands War: The bombing of the Sir Galahad 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z The biggest rafts are industrial in scale, serving mostly international companies that see riches in the rainforest. Raft by raft, a rainforest loses its trees 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Images of the search showed the river seemingly placid above the dam, but roiling below, with some of the group’s paddleboards and inflatable rafts caught in the currents below the rush of water. Police: Body of 1 of 2 missing women found in Virginia river 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Images of the search show the river seemingly placid above the dam, but roiling below, with some of the group’s paddleboards and inflatable rafts caught in the currents below the rush of water. 2 missing in Virginia after group went over James River dam 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z With other loggers, they have put together money to hire a tugboat to pull the rafts through creeks and rivers from Ondo state to Lagos. In Nigeria's disappearing forests, loggers outnumber trees 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z The images from Planet Labs PBC showed one appearing to be a landing craft off to its east, another was a ship with two smaller rafts near it. Live updates | Ukraine: Russia could target chemical sites 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Every day along the forested Congo River banks, rafts held together with little more than rope and optimism set out on the arduous voyage. Raft by raft, a rainforest loses its trees 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Decades ago, when he got his start, mussel rafts were not a thing in Maine. Innovative Fish Farms Aim to Feed the Planet, Save Jobs and Clean Up an Industry’s Dirty Reputation 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z The F.D.A. report found problems with the facility’s handling of the municipally supplied pond water, which is used when the leafy greens are cultivated in floating polystyrene rafts. Hydroponic Lettuce Was Seen as Safe From Salmonella, Until an Outbreak 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Makeshift shelters on the rafts are made from wood and help shield Marigi and his friends from the weather. In Nigeria's disappearing forests, loggers outnumber trees 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Last month, a report recorded 31 failures, including an inability to safely deploy lifeboats or life rafts, on the European Causeway. P&O Ferries: European Causeway back in service after inspection 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The giant rafts are too unwieldy for the tug’s engine to handle, the crew said, making the work dangerous. Raft by raft, a rainforest loses its trees 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z The rafts were built for calmer waters, but on Maine’s stormy coast, winds raging at 60 or 70 knots dislodged mussels and destroyed the rafts. Innovative Fish Farms Aim to Feed the Planet, Save Jobs and Clean Up an Industry’s Dirty Reputation 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z You might think that in Japan, where safety is almost a national motto, a passenger boat operating in frigid waters would be required to have life rafts on board. How a Japanese boat trip ended in tragedy 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z The boat stops at several locations to pick up more loggers and their rafts. In Nigeria's disappearing forests, loggers outnumber trees 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Pictures posted by the Philippines Coast Guard show rescuers carrying the injured on stretchers through chest-high water and ferrying survivors on rafts down flooded streets. Tropical Storm Megi: Rescuers race to find survivors as death toll rises 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Disappointment awaits some of the rafts’ captains who arrive to find their logs are too skinny and immature for purchase. Raft by raft, a rainforest loses its trees 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z They built 35 rafts and anchored them in various waterways throughout the state. Innovative Fish Farms Aim to Feed the Planet, Save Jobs and Clean Up an Industry’s Dirty Reputation 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Images shared by authorities and locals online showed rescuers wading through muddy swamps and using rafts on fast-flowing rivers to try and reach isolated areas of submerged homes. Tropical Storm Megi: 25 killed in Philippines tropical storm 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z A single boat can carry up to a thousand rafts, each containing as much as 30 logs. In Nigeria's disappearing forests, loggers outnumber trees 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z This company runs rafts down the Manso Inferior rapids in the Andes to the border of Chile. Going all in on adventure in Patagonia 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z A trail of makeshift rafts and rickety boats dots high seas. Clamor for Cuba’s freedom like you rightly do for Ukraine’s 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Swift, frigid water draws visitors with rafts and inner tubes. Search for child swept into Kern River near Lake Isabella crosses 48-hour mark 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Illicit mining operations, mainly from rafts and dredges anchored in streams, hit a record high in 2020. Opinion | Bolsonaro Said His ‘Specialty Is Killing.’ He’s Been True to His Word. 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Marigi's journey ends at a lagoon in Lagos, where rafts from Ondo state and other parts of the country converge and the logs are processed at sawmills and sold to different users. In Nigeria's disappearing forests, loggers outnumber trees 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z The United States has imposed several rafts of sanctions on Russia over its attack, including an immediate ban on Russian oil and other energy imports. Oil, food industry executives invited to White House -sources 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The United States has imposed several rafts of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago, including Biden on Tuesday imposing an immediate ban on Russian oil and other energy imports. Biden rejects Republican criticism of his energy policy 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z In the wild, females and pups are usually on rafts without males present. Adaa, the oldest known sea otter in the U.S., euthanized at Seattle Aquarium 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Greek Coast Guard forces have been accused of setting migrants adrift in flimsy rafts, which has sometimes led to drownings before the crafts are intercepted by Turkish patrols. Survivors of Deadly Night at Greek Border Say They Were Left to Die 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z In some cases, Grandi said, migrants were reportedly “left adrift in life rafts or sometimes even forced directly into the water, showing a callous lack of regard for human life.” UN alarmed at increasing reports of Greek migrant pushbacks 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z One week before the rally, two women showed up demanding to "see the rafts with the illegal crossing", the centre said in a statement last week. Texas butterfly centre closes after QAnon threats 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Greece was overwhelmed by migrants landing on its islands on rafts and dinghies from Turkey. EU nations debating borders, migration policies 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Members of the group then said they were loaded into life rafts and left to drift back towards Turkish waters. Turkey-Greece border: Twelve migrants die in freezing conditions 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z They have rarely been populated by rafts of future N.B.A. stars — the Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell was among the few exceptions at Louisville, with a few more at Kentucky. On a Smaller Stage, Rick Pitino Is Still ‘Demanding’ and Winning 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z In fact, thin icy patches, described as rafts of incipient ice, seemed to coat the surface of the river Saturday afternoon. On Saturday, we climbed above freezing, but only for a few hours 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z In the town of Itabuna, residents could be seen using inflatable rafts and canoes to deliver supplies to neighbours. Brazilian town floods after two dams collapse 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z It showed people being put into life rafts and transferred to a patrol boat. Greece: Sinking of sailboat carrying migrants kills 11 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Border Force patrol boats to “push back” migrant rafts would be challenged in the courts as a violation of maritime law and human rights protections. At the English Channel, plans and prayers before perilous final leg in migrants’ long journeys 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Smaller gatherings of barges are common along rivers in the region, but the latest collection drew international attention this week when Greenpeace and news media published images of several rows of rafts. Big flotilla of illegal gold miners splits up in Brazil 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The flotilla of rafts equipped with pumps are moored together in lines that nearly stretch across the vast Madeira, and a Reuters witness spotted plumes of exhaust indicating they are vacuuming the riverbed for gold. Gold rush draws hundreds of dredging rafts to Amazon tributary 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Pine and spruce drip with cones, and rafts of maple seeds twirl toward the ground. Why are trees dropping so many nuts? Climate may drive erratic ‘masting’ 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The Rio Grande Valley, a citrus-growing delta of 1.3 million people, came alive each night with inflatable rafts carrying families across the meandering river. How Biden’s border plans went from hopeful to chaotic 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Decades ago, massive rafts of bull kelp floated here off the Kitsap Peninsula. An ambitious new alliance works to identify what’s happening to our crucial kelp forests in order to protect — and, hopefully, restore — them 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z The chancellor has promised his Budget "begins the work of preparing for a new economy" post-Covid, after rafts of policy previews angered the Commons. Budget 2021: Sunak promises new post-Covid economy amid Commons anger 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Rescuers used big orange inflatable rafts to search for victims and all students were accounted for when the search ended Friday night. 11 kids drowned, 10 rescued in Indonesian river cleanup 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z But farther from shore, the lake is a mixture of mossy swamps, thick weeds, trash-strewn patches and floating gardens made from rafts of reeds. AP PHOTOS: Weeds, sewage choke Kashmir’s famed Dal Lake 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Agents watched rafts go back and forth between patches of sand on gnarly riverbanks, then escorted passengers to vans that carried them to an international bridge in Hidalgo, Texas, to await processing. How Biden’s border plans went from hopeful to chaotic 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z And it is used commercially in fire extinguishers, for inflating life rafts and life jackets, and as a liquid solvent. Why is there a CO2 shortage and how will it hit food supplies? 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z He smokes chickpeas, connects asparagus spears with toothpicks to form rafts before grilling them and parboils cauliflower before spit-roasting it. How to ember-grill sweet potatoes for smoky, caramelized flavor 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z It is officially acknowledged that the whales will experience pain, particularly while they are held between two rafts while their hearing is tested. Backlash against 'frightening' tests on whales 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Reuters witnessed large groups of these migrants crossing the Rio Grande on rafts on multiple occasions in May. Why Roma migrants from Europe are taking rafts from Mexico to enter the U.S. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z The mostly women and children were directed to ballfield parking lot by the smugglers they paid to get them over the Rio Grande river on a rafts only hours before. Rio Grande sector remains nation's busiest, over 2,200 illegal busts a day 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z There was limited river rafting knowledge, and they would often draw stares as they drove through town with rafts in their truck trailer. Building New Mexico’s outdoor economy 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z The smugglers often seen ferrying migrants across the Rio Grande in inflatable rafts are low-level, often Mexican teenagers who are employed because they are rarely prosecuted. Biden administration targets smuggling organizations with ‘Operation Sentinel’ 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Coast Guard aid Cubans escaping the island in rafts. Opinion | Raúl Castro retires from office — and escapes accountability 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Others who spoke to Border Report said they crossed the Rio Grande on old tires and rafts. Hundreds of migrants caught at US-Mexico border as video of young boy raises pressure on Biden administration 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z When migrants near shore, troopers yank at their inflatable rafts, puncturing some and setting them aside like trophies. The things migrants carried — and dropped — as they crossed the border 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z They crossed on rafts to Texas’ Rio Grande Valley at about midnight. 'How can I get him from there?' Young migrants stuck in Border Patrol backlog 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Most recently, I covered the steady stream of asylum seekers crossing the Rio Grande in rafts with the help of smugglers. Celebrating Women Photographers: Carolyn Cole 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Border Patrol agents hear pumps inflating rafts across the river in Mexico. Small Texas border town is thoroughfare for migrant children 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Smugglers could be heard inflating rubber rafts they have been using to ferry hundreds of migrant families and youths to the U.S. along this one stretch of the river. Hundreds of migrants cross the Rio Grande nightly: 'We all came with dreams' 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Dozens of immigration agents lined the riverside asking those who landed on the giant innertube rafts that carry most of the cross-border traffic for documentation and turning many back. Mexico limits non-essential travel on southern border 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z Before the virus outbreak, Belgrade was known for its wild nightlife that centers on clubs situated on rafts on the capital’s two rivers, the Danube and Sava. Serbian capital Belgrade sees clubbing flouting virus rules 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Many spend big on rafts and fishing waders, shotguns and hunting vests. The rivers run through it, and Jon Tester wants them protected for Montana 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Felt drove me in his pickup to a wide spot in a two-lane highway where trucks towing horses and inflatable river rafts whizzed past. Wall Street Eyes Billions in the Colorado’s Water 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z Why would migrants and asylum seekers who have already traveled so far, already risked such danger, board flimsy inflatable rafts, even in the worst weather, and try to cross the English Channel? Four years after it became a symbol of Europe’s failures, migrants are still stranded in Calais Flooding has cut off most road access to Pibor town and its better medical care, forcing some severely sick children to travel for three days along the river in flimsy plastic rafts. ‘Mom, we need food’: Thousands in South Sudan near famine 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z The rescue center said debris was spotted on the heaving seas at 8:22 a.m., and two life rafts were found on shore with nobody in them. 6 missing after a scallop vessel sank off Nova Scotia 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z There they were forced into life rafts and were left to drift towards Turkish territorial waters, he said. Pushbacks: Migrants accuse Greece of sending them back out to sea 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z This is how the rescue operation – and its specially designed rafts – are helping to save them. The stranded giraffes being rescued by raft 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z But many migrants now, instead of trying to stow away on trucks, ferries and trains, are risking the channel crossing on small boats and rafts. Four years after it became a symbol of Europe’s failures, migrants are still stranded in Calais Near the border with Mexico, people crowd into handmade rafts to cross immense lakes created by the storms. 2 Hurricanes Devastated Central America. Will the Ruin Spur a Migration Wave? 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z The Navy and Coast Guard conducted a review of the tragedy and realized four life rafts were insufficient for a ship the Leopold’s size. S. Carolina man who found WWII medals tracks their home 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Molting geese, unable to fly, try to avoid predators by forming rafts in the middle of lakes, sometimes by the thousands. Big Oil's answer to melting Arctic: cooling the ground so it can keep drilling 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z She found the company knew of the risk of pump failure and the risk of rafts overturning before the accident. Dreamworld owner fined $3.6m over deaths of four people on Thunder River Rapids ride 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z Nikolaos Kokkalas said its patrols regularly detect boats and dinghies carrying migrants trying to enter Greece illegally, and “among them many times there are also inflatable rafts such as those described” by the AP. Migrants accuse Greece of pushing them back out to sea 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z In these and all other known cases, the mammals ignored the humans who took to life rafts; it was the boats that attracted their ire. 'I've never seen or heard of attacks': scientists baffled by orcas harassing boats 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z But only two of the ship’s four life rafts could be launched, forcing most of the men to jump directly into the frigid North Atlantic waters. S. Carolina man who found WWII medals tracks their home 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Back then, crowds of these charismatic creatures shrouded the sprawling archipelago, congregating in “rafts and bunches, as many as 500 at once,” said Estes, an ecologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz. When the otters vanished, everything else started to crumble 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Reporters are left with rafts of quotes but no story. Premier League 2020-21 preview No 4: Burnley 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z “They are not going into these life rafts willingly. They are forced,” said Tommy Olsen of the Aegean Boat Report, which monitors arrivals and rights abuses in the Aegean. Migrants accuse Greece of pushing them back out to sea 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z The ship later said on Twitter that the calls were not made in “distress,” but that life rafts were needed to allow for more room on the vessel while it awaited assistance. Banksy’s overloaded migrant rescue boat saved by Italian government 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z In Wuhan, China, the original epicenter of the pandemic, partyers at an electronic music festival hosted an enormous pool party, where people shared inflatable rafts and danced together in densely packed crowds. Coronavirus cases rising again in Europe, and crowded events in U.S. raise concerns 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Rescue workers used inflatable rafts to rescue more than 1,900 people trapped in their homes and other buildings. Floods kill 14 in China as water peaks at Three Gorges Dam 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Footage from the worst-hit areas at the weekend showed houses collapsing into muddy floodwaters and residents being pulled from their homes by firefighters on rafts. China floods: 'wartime' measures brought in to tackle worst deluge in decades 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z “You don’t put them on life rafts and leave them.” Migrants accuse Greece of pushing them back out to sea 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Photos posted by police showed students in white-and-navy school uniforms being ferried in inflatable rafts and wheel loaders, before they were rushed to the test site on buses. In flooded China town, students cling to tractors to get to college entrance exam 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Some of the people at the three different locations were rescued by the Harbor Unit of Washington's Metropolitan Police Department, while firefighters launched inflatable rafts to reach the trapped individuals. 12 rescued from Potomac River in Washington, DC, after 'storm surge' of rapidly rising water 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z The resort has 100 kayaks, 100 rafts and 400 canoes, but the family only rented equipment to about 900 people on a recent Saturday compared with the usual 1,800 on a sunny Saturday. Virus dampens popular Missouri summer tradition 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z Streets were waterlogged in popular tourist destination Yangshuo, forcing residents and visitors to evacuate on bamboo rafts. China floods: dozens killed and hundreds of thousands displaced 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z At least in 25 years no one will condemn me for this, because they’ll be living on rafts. Opinion | Yes, I’m Turning 50. No, I’m Not Really Ready. 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z Venetian tour guides and resort town hoteliers speak about rafts of cancellations. Italy’s economy was scary enough. Then came coronavirus. 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Many people here fled war and other desperate environments, and they risked their lives to cross the Aegean Sea in flimsy rafts. In Greece, migrants wait in bread lines while tourists dine on grilled octopus 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z She and the other children skated on the Luh River each winter and floated down it on wooden rafts come spring. Opinion | ‘What Part of Illegal Don’t You Understand?’ 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Fisher has twice taken Border Report onto his construction site and each time boats, kayaks, canoes and even rafts could be seen traversing the area. Demand up for riverboat tours along private border wall 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z He soon began refreshing sailors on how to use life rafts. In standoff with Iran, U.S. sailors say the threat level was unlike anything they had seen in years 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, more than a million migrants and refugees arrived in boats and rubber rafts on the beaches of Grecian islands; around seventy thousand remain in the country. The Attack on Exarchia, an Anarchist Refuge in Athens 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z As the Scandies Rose sank, its life rafts were unreachable, stowed in containers at the top of the wheelhouse, which was already dipping toward the water line. Overtaken by Frigid Seas, Hours From Help, There Was Little Chance of Survival 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Two life rafts inflated and floated free from the boat as it sank. Battling the waves to stay alive: A tale of survival from the Scandies Rose 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Residents of Bekasi on the Jakarta’s outskirts waded through water up to their necks or floated on makeshift rafts carrying clothes and other salvaged possessions. Floods in Indonesia capital kill 17, force thousands to flee 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z In Batemans Bay, four hours north, residents sat on folding chairs along the beach, life rafts at the ready, as a fire encircled the town and burned homes. Thousands Flee to Shore as Australia Fires Turn Skies Blood Red 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z As residents fled invading Japanese troops 80 years ago, the coins were packed into boxes and sent down the river on rafts, with many sinking without trace. Fishermen cry foul as China bids to fix drought-hit lake 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Then, perhaps 10 minutes later, he saw a light in the distance: One of the life rafts had come loose from the boat and emerged from the sea. Overtaken by Frigid Seas, Hours From Help, There Was Little Chance of Survival 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z And after some 20 minutes bobbing about in the ocean, Lawler recalls looking over his shoulder and seeing Gribble in one of the rafts. Battling the waves to stay alive: A tale of survival from the Scandies Rose 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z In them, he returns to the bucolic coastlines of Tenerife and the Canary Islands – the first sight of land countless refugees glimpse as they cling to hazardous rafts crossing the Mediterranean. The censor is watching: China's mega photo fair – in pictures 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Mark Twain’s boy hero rafts the Mississippi with slave Jim and meets a bogus king and duke. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z As Yates spoke, helicopters flew overhead, making beating noises that startled rafts of floating ducks. D.C. bill would honor 17th-century treaty by granting Native Americans free fishing licenses 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Meanwhile Spanish charity ships Open Arms and Aita Mari rescued more than 140 migrants from rafts off the Libyan coast last week and transported them to Italy. Four dead and 16 missing after failed Mediterranean crossing 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z “This rising tide may be lifting all yachts, but far too many are still clinging to life rafts.” Iowans flocked to Trump in 2016. He betrayed them 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z That afternoon, as wedding guests towed rafts down to the lake for the fly-fishing derby, there was a full sighting: Kardashian and her children were seen sitting in an all-terrain vehicle. Waiting for Kanye in Wyoming 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z I think the fear in Downing street is partly of rafts of amendments to the bill, but also about the difficulty of governing without a majority ... Brexit: Boris Johnson's bill in limbo as Labour could back general election – live news 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Two life rafts carrying a total of 50 people were launched but one became unusable after a puncture. Kiribati ferry that sank, killing 95, not licensed to take passengers, inquiry finds 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Wherever the water flows, it draws with it tourism dollars, whether tied to speedboats and personal watercraft, tackle and lures, or rafts and paddles. Debate over Deep Creek Lake water rights divides boaters, anglers and rafters 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Eventually the migrants made their way to Guatemala and boarded smugglers’ rafts of wood planks and inner tubes to cross the Suchiate River into Mexico. African migrants stuck in southern Mexico, their American dream on hold 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Among other things, he would identify the escape hatch, point out the location of life vests and life rafts, and introduce the crew. Some Conception passengers said they weren't told about emergency escape hatch 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z The budget request sought to revamp the building, including relocating personnel overseeing nuclear containment and repairing Navy life rafts from an even more dangerous building. Projects defunded for Trump’s border wall include military buildings with ‘life safety violations’ and hazmat concerns 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Martin Jutzeler, a lecturer at the University of Tasmania who studies underwater volcanoes, told the BBC that one downside is that pumice rafts can also transport nonnative, invasive species from one ocean habitat to another. Pumice raft floating in South Pacific after underwater volcano eruption - The Washington Post 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Such pumice rafts, as they are known, appear occasionally around the world—perhaps once or twice a decade, and always as a surprise. Don’t Believe the Hype: The Pumice Raft Won’t Save the Great Barrier Reef 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Large "rafts" of the volcanic rock are more likely to form when a volcano is located in more shallow waters, say experts. Giant volcanic rock 'raft' found in Pacific Ocean 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Peru war ships, commandos on rafts hovering on the horizon and riot police in full gear took away from surfing’s famous chill attitude. Surfs up as Peru claim three Pan Am golds 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z The sheriff’s office says the group of about a dozen people was swept into a log jam near Ringer soon after tying their rafts together. 12 rafters rescued on Yakima River 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Dean, who most recently unsuccessfully ran for governor in the 2018 election, told the newspaper that crew members instructed him and others to put on survival suits and evacuated using life rafts. Ex-Tennessee mayor, crew rescued from fiery boat near Norway 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z After opening the capsule’s hatch, the swimmers carefully helped Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins into rubber rafts. Apollo 11: Former officer on recovery ship USS Hornet recalls watching astronauts' 'amazing' return with President Nixon 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Sunflowers planted on plastic foam rafts in contaminated ponds near the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident absorbed some of the ponds’ radioactivity, making the flowers an unsung hero of the cleanup effort. Nurturing gentle giants 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z In Tecun Uman recently, there was no sign of authorities even making a show of trying to dissuade people from crossing into Mexico illegally aboard rafts. Central America’s long silence on migration might not last 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z The team first built boats made of bundled bulrushes, similar in design to reed boats used by prehistoric peoples around the world; and then bamboo rafts, relying on traditional techniques used by Taiwan’s Amis tribe. Explorers to voyage to Japan in primitive boat in hopes of unlocking an ancient mystery 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Smugglers put migrants’ lives at risk by dropping them off in desolate areas or sending them across the Rio Grande in makeshift rafts. Seven migrant deaths reported in 'extreme heat' at U.S. border 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Chick-fil-A’s customer service is legendary, prompting rafts of memes enumerating real and imagined over-the-top polite employee interactions. The sky is falling for fast food, but not for Chick-fil-A. Here’s why. 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z They use rafts to avoid paying tariffs on the bridge. Mexico gets tough with illegal immigrants, deports within 24 hours 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Now, however, not only are Mexican police and soldiers visible, Sunday morning they stopped some rafts, demanding to see Mexican border crossing cards. Guatemalan migrants vow to keep trying to reach US border after Mexico ramps up pressure 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The Aspen Daily News reports Roaring Fork Fire Rescue crews responded to the river in Basalt after three rafts in a nine-raft group overturned Sunday afternoon. 2 people injured after rafts overturn on Colorado river 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z While the agents inspected minibuses, rafts full of Guatemalans floated across the Suchiate River to Mexico unmolested. Threatened with tariffs, Mexico is trying to reinforce its southern border ahead of Trump’s deadline. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z “Everyone is worried about that,” said Barrios, who estimated that about 800 men and teens pole the rafts while hundreds more work loading and unloading on both sides. Illegal crossings a part of life at Mexico’s southern border 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Many migrants cross illegally into Mexico on rafts crafted of wooden planks and inner tubes across the Suchiate River, which marks the Guatemalan-Mexican frontier. At Mexico’s southern border, migrants feel the pinch of a crackdown spurred by U.S. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Dozens of rafts cross the Suchiate River carrying locals mostly shopping in Mexico for food, beer and appliances. Guatemalan migrants vow to keep trying to reach US border after Mexico ramps up pressure 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Every day, traders and residents of both countries cross informally, often in rafts, just yards away from Mexican security officers. Mexico is sending its new national guard to the Guatemala border. The mission is unclear. 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Four days later, the marines were gone and the rafts were back on the river. Threatened with tariffs, Mexico is trying to reinforce its southern border ahead of Trump’s deadline. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Within sight of a bridge connecting Mexico to Guatemala, a fleet of about 16 rafts carried migrants hoping to escape poverty and gang-related violence in Central America. It's business as usual at Mexico's southern border despite Trump deal 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z Every airplane is equipped with life rafts and survival suits. 75 Years After D-Day, Planes Fly Off for ‘Never Seen Before’ World War II Commemoration 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z And, in fact, more because you saw there were two rafts in the project and those had been built years before. How street artist Swoon creates life-size dreamlike worlds 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z A coastline with otters also is livelier with their presence, as they frolic in large groups called rafts. Rialto grows up: Once near death, rescued sea otter now approaching adult weight 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z For while children from wealthy families float to college on rafts of invisible advantages that we pretend are talents, minority kids are constantly told that they don’t really deserve to be there. Perspective | How to weasel your kid into an elite college without paying bribes 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Venezuelan children in school uniforms boarded makeshift wooden rafts to cross the Tachira River on Wednesday to reach schools in Cucuta, Colombia. Border closure forces Venezuelan kids to make perilous treks 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Agents responded as about 60 people from Honduras, Guatemala, Ecuador and Nicaragua, including mothers with children and some unaccompanied minors, clambered off rafts after crossing the Rio Grande. Border Patrol Facilities Put Detainees With Medical Conditions at Risk 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Woodley was convinced that requiring strobe lights on survival suits would save lives, enabling nighttime rescuers to spot any crew bobbing in the water or huddled in life rafts. What caused the Destination crabber to sink? Coast Guard to release findings on Sunday 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z The rafts sometimes lifted from the chute momentarily, and the slide was covered with netting, supported by metal poles, so riders would not fall off. Judge Dismisses Charges in Boy’s Decapitation on 170-Foot-Tall Water Slide 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Eventually, thousands of people were pouring into El Paso every day, sometimes paying as little as a quarter for rides on makeshift rafts over the Rio Grande. Border wall could be tricky issue, especially for O’Rourke 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z The bread and pickles may appear to be garnish, but they are, as the Beard Foundation put it, “the closest things to life rafts your taste buds will find.” The Family Business That Put Nashville Hot Chicken on the Map 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z The Italian Navy said that, after launching two inflatable rafts toward the migrants, it immediately called another helicopter to provide support, as their closest vessel was well beyond 110 nautical miles from the shipwreck. More Than 100 Migrants Die at Sea in Wreck Off Libya, Survivors Say 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z The plane launched two inflatable rafts and called for support. More than 100 migrants missing in Mediterranean after vessel sinks, U.N. says 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z The navy says its airplane launched life rafts after it spotted the sinking dinghy Friday with about 20 people aboard. Survivors: Up to 117 migrants missing in capsizing off Libya 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z The navy says its airplane launched life rafts after it spotted the sinking dinghy Friday with about 20 people aboard. Up to 117 migrants missing after their boat capsizes off Libya, three survivors say 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z Many who retreated later crossed illicitly into Mexico, swimming a short distance across the Suchiate River or catching rides on rafts crafted of inner tubes and wooden planks. Latest migrant caravan begins arriving in southern Mexico 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z “The rules and formalities that had existed on land could not be maintained on the rafts,” notes Mustafa. My year of reading African women, by Gary Younge 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z That’s a lot of boats and rafts, and a lot of potential for mishaps. Montana Editorial Roundup 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Other migrants said they crossed the river — on foot or rafts — because it was the most direct or cheapest route. Why and how are asylum seekers entering the U.S.? 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z However, all three rafts the men occupied capsized. Groom opens up about tragic bachelor party rafting accident that left 4 dead, including his brother 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Aside from the stings and ruined picnics, fire ants are famous for their ability to swarm together and self–assemble bridges, ladders, and even floating rafts. Fire ant colonies could inspire robot swarms 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Then we returned to the takeout to retrieve our rafts. The Lure of the Steelhead 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Shortly thereafter, however, the Central Americans simply boarded crude rafts and crossed illegally into Mexico via the muddy Suchiate River, which forms a slice of the long frontier between Mexico and Guatemala. For Mexico too, migrant caravan represents a major challenge and dilemma When Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands flood, for instance, fire ants form rafts so tightly interlaced that water doesn’t penetrate their mass. The Mysteries of Animal Movement 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Authorities said the victims were swept away downstream as the other passengers managed to cling to the rafts. Groom opens up about tragic bachelor party rafting accident that left 4 dead, including his brother 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Runners from Florida relaxed on pool rafts in Staten Island before the race began. 2018 New York City Marathon Photos 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z One starting point on the Morice lacked a formal boat launch, requiring us to carry our rafts down a steep bank to the river — no small feat for our aging crew. The Lure of the Steelhead 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Owen was seen encouraging his boys as they assembled rafts on the side of the canal. Into the dark water: Philip Hoare on the life and death of Wilfred Owen 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z RAS JEBEL, Tunisia – The boys grew up within sight of the sea that took them away, rambling along paths and climbing rocks that would later be the launching pad for their flimsy rafts. In Tunisia, the sea takes migrants and brings back bodies 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z But the sea often swallows the rafts whole, and their passengers disappear without a trace. In Tunisia, the sea takes migrants and brings back bodies 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The first group passed through the spot via the river — wading or on rafts — and was advancing through southern Mexico. Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to border week before midterms 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z The first group passed through the spot via the river - wading or on rafts - and was advancing through southern Mexico. Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to border week before midterms 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The first, larger caravan made it across the river by wading or on rafts, and now is advancing through southern Mexico. Police halt 2nd migrant group trying to enter Mexico 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z But the sea often swallows the rafts whole, and their passengers disappear without a trace. In Tunisia, the sea takes migrants and brings back bodies 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z But the first group was able to cross the river on rafts — an option now blocked by new Mexican Navy river and shore patrols. 2nd migrant group seems set for new try to push into Mexico 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Others crossed with their babies and young children on crowded rafts built with tires. Opinion | ‘It’s an Exodus’ 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Many people crossed illegally on rafts across the river that marks the border between the two nations. Migrant caravan from Central America, its numbers thinning, slowly moves north in Mexico But the majority sneaked across the border in makeshift rafts. Another Migrant Caravan Gathers in Guatemala 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z But a third group, which appeared to be the largest, crossed the river illegally, using rafts manned by human smugglers. Migrant Caravan Amasses in Mexico as Trump Warns of Foreign-Aid Cuts 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z But a third group decided to cross the river illegally, using rafts manned by human smugglers. Caravan Heads North After Migrants Cross Into Mexico 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z A number of migrants jumped into the Suchiate river to reach rafts, while others either turned back towards Guatemala or simply sat down on the bridge. Migrant caravan inches towards the US 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Many other immigrants waded across the Suchiate guided by a tow rope or took one of dozens of rafts that ply these waters daily. Migrant caravan grabs for American Dream, as immigrants forge unique challenge for US, Mexico 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z But many became impatient and circumvented the border gate, crossing the river on rafts, by swimming or by wading in full view of the hundreds of Mexican police manning the blockade on the bridge. Honduran migrant caravan crosses into Mexico through river 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z But many became impatient and circumventing the border gate, crossing the river on rafts, by swimming or by wading in full view of the hundreds of Mexican police manning the blockade on the bridge. Migrant caravan re-forms in Mexico 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Instead, they swam or took small rafts to Mexico. Central Americans in caravan cross into Mexico 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z But many became impatient, and circumventing the border gate, swarmed across the river on rafts, swimming or wading in full view of the hundreds of Mexican police manning the blockade on the bridge. Migrant caravan re-forms in Mexico, members vow to reach US 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Others crossed into Mexico after swimming or using rafts to cross the river. Hundreds in migrant caravan turn back, some trickle into Mexico 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z As the day went on, many more Hondurans began to leave the bridge and sought to enter Mexico via rafts from the Guatemalan side. Blocked at Mexico's southern border, migrants in caravan still intent on advancing to U.S. - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Typically, migrants use rafts to float across informal border crossings. Pompeo meets with Mexican officials as a migrant caravan inches north 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Migrants organized a rope brigade to ford its muddy waters, and some floated across on rafts operated by local residents who usually charge a dollar or two to make the crossing. ‘We are hungry!” Migrants wail at Mexico-Guatemala border 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z A handful jumped into the Suchiate River below to swim for rafts. Migrant caravan halted on Mexico-Guatemala border, pressure to turn... 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z A handful jumped into the Suchiate river below to swim for rafts. Migrant caravan streams out of Guatemala, halted by Mexican police 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z “Mostly, we left because there’s no work” in Honduras, said Luis Pena, 43, who was among those crossing into Mexico on the river rafts and said he was bound for Los Angeles. Blocked at Mexico's southern border, migrants in caravan still intent on advancing to U.S. - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Migrants organized a rope brigade to ford its muddy waters, and some floated across on rafts operated by local residents who charged a dollar or two to make the crossing. Caravan migrants, defying Trump warnings, smash through border fence en route to Mexican territory 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the rafts that normally ferry throngs of people across the river were carrying mostly merchandise and the raft operators said they had been warned by Mexican authorities not to carry people. Criminals target women, children as migrant caravan makes its way to Mexico 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the rafts that normally ferry throngs of people across the river were carrying mostly merchandise Friday, and the raft operators said they had been warned by Mexican authorities not to carry people. Migrants in U.S.-bound caravan break through fence at Guatemala-Mexico border 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z But rafts also cross the swift-moving Suchiate River, moving cargo and people between the two countries day and night, typically without much government interference. The contrasts of Mexico’s southern and northern borders 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Others could opt for the rafts that ferry people — and historically migrants — daily across the river. Migrants, police mass in town on Guatemala-Mexico border 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Others could opt for the rafts that ferry people — and historically migrants — daily across the river. Migrants, police mass in town on Guatemala-Mexico border 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Jurors were told the brake mat was supposed to slow the rafts as they reached the top of the hump. Testimony concludes in trial of workers in waterslide death 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Others prepared to cross the river in their own rafts. Migrants in U.S.-bound caravan break through fence at Guatemala-Mexico border 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z In the water are rafts of puffins and the air is filled with movement and noise: gannets, kittiwakes, sandwich terns and herring gulls. Dead kittiwakes, dwindling fish and oceans of plastic: my voyage of discovery 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z The rafts are anchored with ropes and Adilang said strong friction caused them to break. Indonesian teenager rescued after drifting 7 weeks at sea 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z This time, though, huge rafts of seaweed blocked the way. Loads of seaweed are threatening the Caribbean's sea life and tourism. Experts say we may be to blame 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Photos posted on Facebook showed Myanmar soldiers evacuating people on makeshift bamboo rafts and kayaks, and carrying children and the elderly through knee-deep floodwaters. Myanmar dam breach floods communities in central region, blocks... 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Video from the region showed emergency responders using rafts to pull people from swollen waterways, as well as flooded homes and cars. Rescuers pull people from cars, homes in flooded New York,... 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z High water in Port Carbon caused some evacuations and prompted firefighters to launch rescue boats and rafts. Drenching rains close roads, prompts rescues in Pennsylvania 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Those who are continuing to work the lower Animas risk damaging their rafts. Rafters, anglers worry as Colorado’s famed white water becomes low water 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Outside, two young girls used a broken oar to steer mud-sodden mattresses like rafts. 'Not enough time to get out': Laos village caught in burst dam deluge 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Some were plucked from the sea by fishermen, while others clung to makeshift rafts before the coast guard arrived. As Greek Wildfire Closed In, a Desperate Dash Ended in Death 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z And there are the porters who load and unload the rafts. Rafting Across a Mexico River to Make a Living, and Remake a Life 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Early in the morning, the Spanish fishing trawler Farruco found two life rafts and a lifeboat with crewmembers from Spain, Peru, Morocco and Indonesia aboard. Spanish fishing vessel sinks off Argentina; 25 rescued 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Most of the defendants appeared dressed in the same filthy, sweat-saturated clothes they had been wearing two days before, when they were apprehended crossing the Rio Grande aboard rafts. Opinion | This is what Trump’s assembly-line justice looks like 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z On two separate nights over the following week, the smuggler drove them to the Rio Grande with their rafts. As border crossings surge, a Mexican couple tests Trump’s policies 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Moore and a unit of Border Patrol guards crouched among the trees on the Rio Grande’s northern bank, listening to the rafts below. ‘I wanted to stop her crying’: The image of a migrant child that broke a photographer’s heart 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Or one of the rafts’ two giant inner tubes ruptures. Rafting Across a Mexico River to Make a Living, and Remake a Life 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Night had fallen and Moore was waiting in the scrub by the riverside for rafts carrying undocumented migrants, when the sound of four boats and a dozen people became audible. Image of sobbing toddler at US border: ‘It was hard for me to photograph’ 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Engineers reset the pump twice but its third failure prompted two rafts to collide, causing the accident. Fatal Dreamworld ride had other 'incidents' 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z That year, massive rafts of Sargassum—a brown seaweed that lives in the open ocean—washed up on beaches across the Caribbean, trapping sea turtles and filling the air with the stench of rotting eggs. Mysterious masses of seaweed assault Caribbean islands 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z As those on the bridge watched from the bridge, others tried to cross the river below illegally in rafts. On a bridge over the Rio Grande, Central American asylum-seekers set up camp ... and wait 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The Kansas City Star reports the indictment involves whether a brake mat meant to slow the rafts on the Verruckt was repaired after it fell off days before Caleb was killed. 2 maintenance workers charged in Kansas water park death 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Summer is almost unbearably hot, so I propose spring or fall, when Pelican Banks is thick with rafts of shorebirds such as ruddy terns and American oystercatchers. The 22 best US national parks to escape the crowds, chosen by experts 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z They found the swimmers stuck in a rip current, some with life rafts. Lifeguards pull 8 from rip current off coast of Florida 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z East of Hyalite Peak in the adjacent Paradise Valley, rafts crowd the shore of the Yellowstone River as people jostle to launch for a day’s float. Is the Yellowstone region being loved to death? 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z But a third group spent nearly five days adrift in life rafts before the dehydrated and emaciated men decided their best chance of survival was to land on an island. Team backed by Microsoft co-founder locates USS Helena wreck 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The annual spring celebration began about five years earlier, with several hundred people drinking offshore on rafts and inner tubes. Santa Barbara County puts kibosh on ‘Floatopia’ beach party 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z But in some instances, instead of sliding straight down, the rafts went airborne — a major design flaw that investigators say the company had known about, tried unsuccessfully to fix and eventually ignored. A boy was decapitated on a waterslide. Now the ride’s ‘visionary’ creator faces a murder charge. 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z But the test results, which showed that rafts carrying a weight of 400 to 550 pounds would likely go airborne, were ignored. A boy was decapitated on a waterslide. The park knew the ride could kill people, officials say. 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z A coastline with otters also is livelier with their presence, frolicking in large groups called rafts. Rialto the sea otter growing up, thriving at Vancouver aquarium 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z Lundy was one of 22 people to reach the life rafts. ‘The truth needed to come out’: A decade after the sinking of the Alaska Ranger, a survivor changes his story 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Crew members were rescued by a passing boat after they got into life rafts. Trump Rollbacks Target Offshore Rules ‘Written With Human Blood’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Caleb climbed into the front seat of one of the ride’s rafts on Aug. 7, 2016, which the park had dubbed Elected Official Day. A boy was decapitated on a waterslide. Now the ride’s ‘visionary’ creator faces a murder charge. 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z But instead of sliding back down, the rafts go airborne — a major design flaw that investigators say the company had known about, tried to fix unsuccessfully, and eventually ignored. A boy was decapitated on a waterslide. The park knew the ride could kill people, officials say. 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z Melt thin rafts of cheese on it and cut it into snack wedges. These big puffy pancakes are easy but spectacular 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z It allows controlled activities but is, for example, banning “fish aggregating devices” – rafts that concentrate fish but drive up bycatch. Debt for dolphins: Seychelles creates huge marine parks in world-first finance scheme 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z In response, consumers turned to payday loans and alternative products as financial life rafts—only to have Mr. Cordray poke holes in them by imposing regulations that would effectively outlaw payday lending. The CFPB Could Be a Force for Good 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z In the two years that Verrückt was in operation, 13 people were injured, many after the rafts left the slide, according to court documents. A boy was decapitated on a waterslide. Now the ride’s ‘visionary’ creator faces a murder charge. 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Research in Antarctica is so pricey that Friedlaender regularly tags along on cruises, offering free natural history lectures to visitors in exchange for a free berth and use of the ship's rafts for his work. First POV Video From a Minke Whale’s Back 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Using makeshift harpoons and rafts, a hunter spears a large whale. Dramatic Whale Hunts Depicted in Ancient Rock Art 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Recent additions to Braidwood-Mazonia have been resident bald eagles, sandhill cranes and flocks of western white pelicans flying above and floating on the lake “in rafts all over the place,” Meents said. EXCHANGE: Natural resources official ends long career 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Anesthesia may even mess with the actions of proteins lashed together into complexes called “lipid rafts” that drift within the phospholipid sea. Plants, Like People, Succumb to Anesthesia [Video] 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Some of the rafts would go airborne before the second drop, causing riders to strike the net or the suspended metal hoops that held it. A boy was decapitated on a waterslide. Now the ride’s ‘visionary’ creator faces a murder charge. 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z And bits of plastic may act as rafts for harmful microbes in the oceans. Coral reefs get sick from plastic waste: study 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Other images show hunting scenes with rafts and weapons. Dramatic Whale Hunts Depicted in Ancient Rock Art 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Kayaks, boats, inflatable rafts, canoes and helicopters came through the neighborhood, as rescuers — some professional, some amateur — responded to neighbors who literally waved white flags. Hurricane Harvey destroyed their school. Now they share a building with their rival. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z We terrestrials do our thing on rafts of dry land covering a minority of the globe. What Eats What: A Landlubber’s Guide to Deep Sea Dining 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z They risked their lives to cross rivers on flimsy boats and rafts, to be forced into squalid, overcrowded Bangladeshi camps, short on supplies and at risk of disease. Snapshots of 2017: the pain, the joy, and the Donald 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z And bits of plastic may act as rafts for harmful microbes in the oceans. Coral reefs get sick from plastic waste: study 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The study's author, Benjamín Ballester, notes that the fish or whales are always drawn oversized to the hunters and their rafts, making the prey a daunting antagonist. Dramatic Whale Hunts Depicted in Ancient Rock Art 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z They cross the border between Guatemala and Mexico on inflatable rafts to symbolise the risks the migrants face when crossing into Mexico. The caravan of mothers looking for their lost children 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z "There is no need to overcomplicate this: our proposal would see an enforceable ban in place by summer, closing at least one door on rafts of scammers at a stroke." Ban pension cold-calling now, say MPs 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Authorities seized 1,181 tape-wrapped packages of the sort that are commonly ferried across the Rio Grande in rafts and small boats in the operation. Mexican forces seize 5 tons of marijuana at Texas border 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Captured moments included life rafts bobbing by the aircraft’s fuselage, transferring survivors to rescue boats, the sinking plane, and the lifting of twin toddlers, Maureen and Elizabeth Gordon, from a lifeboat into waiting seamen’s arms. 1956 Version of Landing an Airplane on Water 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z With fewer boats available, desperate Rohingya have been stringing together rafts from bamboo and plastic canisters. Rights groups dismiss Myanmar army's self-exoneration of atrocities 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z But having clambered aboard one of that particular death-ship’s life rafts and paddled down south to Bournemouth, the striker has failed to provide much bang for the rumoured £130,000 he’s trousering a week. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z “We used to make rafts and float them out here,” said his friend George Franqui, 76. Can the Gowanus Canal Survive Its Renaissance? 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The accord was reached in an effort to stem an exodus by Cubans who took to the seas in rafts by the thousands in the 1990s trying to reach Florida. U.S. Halt in Visa Services Leaves Cuban Families in Limbo 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Although the scale of the event was unprecedented, the concept — that rafts carry animals across oceans — was not. Plastic junk brought invasive species to U.S. after Japan’s 2011 tsunami 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z In the past week, some 1,200 people crossed over on such flimsy rafts, according to police. Rights groups dismiss Myanmar army's self-exoneration of atrocities 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z These hitchhikers—including crustaceans, mollusks, and fish—rode debris “rafts” through ocean currents over thousands of kilometers before finally washing ashore on Hawaiian and North American coastlines, sometimes years later. Japanese tsunami transported hundreds of species to the United States and Canada, as this video reveals 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Syrian state television separately reported the army was conducting artillery and machine gun attacks on rafts carrying Islamic State militants to the eastern side of the river from their last positions in Deir al-Zor city. Hezbollah declares Syria victory, Russia says much of country won back 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z As streets turned into rivers, authorities took to inflatable rafts to access coastal neighborhoods. ‘People are roaming like zombies.’ Virgin Islands stagger after storm passes. 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z When she and others crossed a river inside Myanmar by clinging to bamboo rafts, soldiers opened fire on them. A state-led massacre triggers an exodus of Rohingyas from Myanmar 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z In the past week, some 1,200 people crossed over on such flimsy rafts, according to police. Rights groups dismiss Myanmar army's self-exoneration of atrocities 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z We suspected the former, as ants in clumps and rafts grip together as one mass. How Fire Ants Form Giant Rafts to Survive Floods 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Syrian state television separately reported the army was conducting artillery and machine gun attacks on rafts carrying Islamic State militants to the eastern side of the river from their last positions in Deir al-Zor city. Hezbollah declares Syria victory, Russia says much of country won back 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Images of stinging fire ants clumped together as large floating rafts set social media abuzz on Monday. The health dangers from Hurricane Harvey’s floods 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Above, villagers on makeshift banana rafts in northeast India this month. North Korea, Texas, Japan: Your Wednesday Briefing 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z With fewer boats available, desperate Rohingya have been stringing together rafts from bamboo and plastic canisters. Rights groups dismiss Myanmar army's self-exoneration of atrocities 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Fire ants made incredible floating rafts to escape devastating flooding in South Carolina. How Fire Ants Form Giant Rafts to Survive Floods 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Elephants were pressed into service, wading through swirling waters to rescue people, and aid workers have built rafts from bamboo and banana leaves. More Than 1,000 Died in South Asia Floods This Summer 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z As homes across the metro region filled with waist-deep water, rescuers scoured flooded inner city streets and subdivisions in kayaks, fishing boats and inflatable rafts, plucking families to safety. Harvey's toll: 30,000 expected in Houston shelters, 450,000 may need disaster help 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Others waded through waist-high water, or paddled pirogues and little inflatable rafts. In Houston, Anxiety and Frantic Rescues as Floodwaters Rise 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Unable to secure life rafts, survivors were left adrift in the shark-infested Philippine Sea. Wreckage of WWII-Era U.S.S. Indianapolis Found After 72 Years 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Last week dozens of elephants and rafts were deployed to rescue nearly 500 people trapped in the area. Rhino swept from Nepal to India by flooding rescued - BBC News 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Some were told to pay hundreds of dollars to a group linked to Los Zetas, a deadly Mexican drug cartel, for safe passage across the Rio Grande in rafts, The Washington Post reported. National news in brief: Truck driver indicted in smuggling deaths 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The rafts, 300 of which have been deployed, hold little interest for European minks but are irresistible to American minks. Scientists think they can save the European mink—by killing its ruthless rivals 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z But as rafts continue to cross the Suchiate river, the northern triangle and its woes will move up the diplomats’ agenda. Mexico becomes a destination for migrants 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Three hundred people died, but the remaining 900 weren’t in much better shape, as they floated on life rafts and were attacked by sharks for days. Before sharks became movie villains, they were celebrated in myths across the world 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Fire ants build rafts, composed of themselves, to escape floods. Ants, Dutiful Escape Artists, Build Towers in Constant Flux 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Although scientists agree that plastic pollution is a widespread problem, the exact distribution of these rafts of ocean garbage is still unclear. A mission to the Pacific plastic patch - BBC News 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z When their nests inevitably flood, thousands of ants rapidly link up with one another to form floating rafts. How fire ants build the wriggling ant towers of your nightmares 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Such rafts are also popular with Central Americans heading farther north, to the United States. Mexico becomes a destination for migrants 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z They already knew that when fire ants form rafts, the feat depends on the behaviour of individual ants rather than on colony members following a central command. Ant colonies flow like fluid to build tall towers 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Others use linear induction motors, or LIM, to propel rafts uphill in a way that looks like magic. Water Ride vs. Roller Coaster: Now You Don’t Have to Choose 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, I caught up with part of the crew that takes care of the towing just as they were done tying up one of the rafts at Madison Park Beach. It’s summer in Seattle: Swim rafts return to Lake Washington beaches 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Before it was discontinued, the “rafts” grew increasingly complicated; in 1990, for example, Ferrari brought in a one-man craft with an outboard engine . Return of ‘Great Montreal Raft Race’ put the fun back in F1 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z His computer is linked to cameras and surveillance equipment that allow him to see rubber rafts on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande nearly three miles away, simply by moving a tiny joystick. On the Mexican Border, a Case for Technology Over Concrete 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z In a sharp reminder of events beyond Blake’s world of fantasy, here, too, are groups of tired refugees walking in a huddle or clinging to rafts at sea. A Beloved British Illustrator, at the Beach 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Cuba describes human trafficking as the work of paid smugglers in organized criminal gangs, distinguishing it from cases of Cubans attempting to leave on their own in home-made rafts. Exclusive: Cuba warns of human trafficking risk due to frosty U.S. ties 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Given that unpredictability, I’ve started telling people that summer in Seattle starts when the Police Department’s Harbor Patrol puts the swim rafts back in place at Lake Washington public beaches. It’s summer in Seattle: Swim rafts return to Lake Washington beaches 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z But when it was clear the damage would be limited, residents floated through the streets on rafts and paddleboards. California neighborhood flooded after seawall is damaged 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The law applies to all boats, including kayaks, canoes, rowboats and inflatable fishing rafts. Police launch special patrols to look for intoxicated boaters 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z |
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