Hungary toxic sludge spill reaches Danube
October 7, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
BUDAPEST: Hungary’s toxic sludge spill, which has killed four people, reached the Danube river Thursday, threatening to contaminate the waterway’s ecosystem, a water authority official told AFP.
Water alkalinity, a measure of river contamination, was already above normal in the major waterway, the official said.
Samples taken at the confluence of the Raab river and the Danube showed “alkalinity slightly above nornal, around 8.96 percent to 9.07 percent,” against a normal tally of eight percent, the source said.
A wave of toxic mud was unleashed Monday from the reservoir of an aluminium plant at Ajka, 160 kilometres (100 miles) west of Budapest.
The red mud travelled down the Raab river and reached the Danube waters at around 0630 GMT at Gyor.
The industrial accident triggered by the collapse of walls at the factory reservoir on Monday has
Ariau Amazon Towers
Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel is located 35 miles from Manuas, Brazil at the confluence of the Rio Negro and Ariau Creek. The hotel is constructed at the height of the rainforest Canopy. The towers are attached to 4 miles of sturdy wooden catwalks. Ariau hotel is built among Amazon treetops and offers a great circular dining room of polished tropical woods, a bar like an eagle’s nest, a honeymoon suite built 110 feet up a mahogany tree, and friendly monkeys, macaws, sloths, and parrots.
Ariau Amazon Towers was first posted on February 23, 2010 at 11:50 pm.
Operation in Swat, 4 Militants killed
December 22, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under Breaking News
MINGORA, Pakistan News: The forces killed four militants in a clash in Karakar area of Swat, in which two security men were also injured.
Some militants tried to creep into Buner from Karakar point, at the confluence of Swat and Buner, sources said. In clash with the troops four militants were killed.
The forces also captured large quantity of munitions and explosive material.
Two security men were also injured in fighting.
Operation in Swat, 4 Militants killed was first posted on December 22, 2009 at 11:49 am.
