BUENOS AIRES GN   The ruins of a long forgotten Argentine tourist town that spent a quarter of a century under water is becoming increasingly popular with visitors again. Epecuen, in the farmlands southwest ofBuenos Aires, was once a bustling little lakeside resort, where 1,500 people ...

KARACHI - Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) Chairperson Ali Shah criticised the government, district administrations of Jamshoro, Thatta and Karachi for their carelessness that has caused continuous pollution of the major fresh water body, Keenjhar Lake.The PFF chairperson in a statement issued on ...

More than 250 villages have been evacuated as water levels at the Manchar lake have risen to dangerous levels, with surplus water overflowing at zero point. Fresh floods from the lake may devastate towns and facilities including Sehwan airport and PARCO oil refinery. Officials say towns including ...

Manchhar Lake rose up to 118 feet just short of two feet short from its maximum capacity, a private TV reported Monday. Situation is getting worse as in and out of flood water became unbalanced due to huge pressure with water pouring from different canals. A state of emergency has been announced ...

Assistant Commissioner Hunza said that water level in Atta Abad lake has reached to 370 feet while, water outflow from the spillway has become 400 cusecs. According to details, Assistant Commissioner Hunza brush aside the possibility of lake burst and said water outflow is 70 cusecs per second. He ...

Atta Abad lake water has started to out flow from the spillway here from Saturday while, the affectees are being shifted to secure places. According to media reports, Chairman DMA Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmad said that villages located around the lake have been evacuated in wake of flash flood ...

Water of Atta Abad Lake has risen and is just two meter away far from spillway and water out flow from the lake is expected till 29 May. According to media reports, officials of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said water outflow from spillway would start soon and 312 families ...

Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani Monday visited Attabad area to review the rescue work where a 12.08-kilometre artificial lake has been formed by a massive landslide on January 04. The Jawans of Pakistan Army are not only participating in relief activities but are also trying ...

An overloaded sightseeing boat carrying dozens of Bulgarian tourists sank Saturday in a lake on Macedonia's western border, and 15 people drowned, officials said. The vessel, called the Ilinden, sank rapidly in just six meters (20 feet) of water in Lake Ohrid, police spokesman Ivo Kotevski said. ...

At least 10 people died when a boat carrying mostly Bulgarian tourists sank on Lake Ohrid in southwest Macedonia on Saturday, the government said. The Iliden, was carrying at least 50 passengers when it sank at around 11 am (1500 PST), said a police source who declined to be named. No reason was ...

Water poured from a massive lake formed by China's deadly earthquake in a carefully engineered diversion to ease the threat of flooding for a million people in the sprawling disaster zone.  After two weeks of frantic work by engineers and soldiers, waters flowed into the hurriedly built ...

Thousands of Chinese fled to the hills on Saturday amid fears a lake formed near the epicenter of this week's earthquake would burst its banks. The water level at the lake formed after aftershocks blocked a river was rising rapidly in Beichuan and "may burst its bank at any time", the ...