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Venice's famous gondoliers whale watch celebrity alaska cruise are to be banned from the city's Grand Canal following the death of a tourist in a waterway collision. Fifty-year whale watch celebrity alaska cruise old tourist from Germany died earlier this month when the vessel he was traveling on collided with a vaporetto water taxi. Now the lagoon city is drawing up proposals to introduce a floating congestion zone, which would prevent the traditional boats from operating during rush hours. Until now Venice has operated as something of a free for all with cruise ships speed boats and water taxis joining small craft jostling for space on the major canals. But following the accident on the 17th August authorities whale watch celebrity alaska cruise have set out proposals to bring Venice closer in line to cities based on dry land. The city's mayor Giorgio Orsoni said: 'We have to think of the Grand Canal as a street, a main street like that of all cities, with particularly heavy traffic. We need some discipline. [1]
Four wildfires were burning in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday 21 Aug, the 25th anniversary of a devastating whale watch celebrity alaska cruise day in 1988 when massive wildfires in the park suddenly grew by tens of thousands of acres. The fires now burning in Yellowstone, all of them in Wyoming 's corner of the park, are minimal whale watch celebrity alaska cruise compared with those of 1988, which ended up affecting almost 800,000 acres - or 36 percent - of park territory. The largest wildfire whale watch celebrity alaska cruise Tuesday was the 4,500-acre Alum Fire, burning near the center of the park near Mud Volcano. The Alum Fire forced a temporary road closure from Canyon Village south to Fishing Bridge, but all other roads leading whale watch celebrity alaska cruise into and through the park, along with all campgrounds and services, were open, the park said. There were no imminent evacuations for any part of the park.
For countries in Northeast Asia, this summer is becoming too hot to bear.A Japanese city has experienced the highest temperature ever recorded in the country. The South Korean government is clamping down on the use of air-conditioning in an attempt to stave off power shortages. And Shanghai has been sweltering under a record-setting whale watch celebrity alaska cruise run of baking hot days. The searing whale watch celebrity alaska cruise temperatures have brought whale watch celebrity alaska cruise a spike in heat-related deaths, as well as harming crops and livestock. In Japan, of the 52 deaths from heatstroke nationwide between whale watch celebrity alaska cruise late May and early August, nearly one third of them occurred last week, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said. The agency issued a heat alert covering 37 of Japan's 47 prefectures on 12 Aug, warning that the high temperatures are expected to continue whale watch celebrity alaska cruise for about a week in western, central and southern parts of the country. [2]
Seaside cigarettes will be prohibited from January 1, 2014, while lighting up in parks, swimming pools and bus stops will also be outlawed. The ban will be preceded by a campaign to increase whale watch celebrity alaska cruise awareness among locals and tourists about the new rules. It will be enforced by beach lifeguards, with offenders facing a fine of $100. A statement from the Hawaii Tourist Board said the move would allow holidaymakers to "truly enjoy and relax in a healthy and beautiful smoke-free environment". It is hoped the ban will prevent non-smokers from breathing second-hand fumes, as well as lessen the number of cigarette butts left on the shore. [3]
Egyptian police have fired tear gas to disperse crowds whale watch celebrity alaska cruise of supporters of detained ex-leader Mohammed Morsi during a march in central Cairo. Morsi supporters went to a government compound to protest at the appointment of army officers as local governors. Local residents then clashed with the pro-Morsi crowds and both sides threw bottles and stones at each other, before security forces moved in. The army deposed Mr Morsi in July and put in place an interim government. Supporters of Mr Morsi, an Islamist leader who came from the Muslim Brotherhood movement, refuse to accept the new government and insist he must be reinstated. [4]
About 1,500 people have been forced to flee their homes in southern California as a wildfire rages out of control, fire officials have said. Two firefighters and a civilian have been injured near Banning since the fire started on 7 Aug 2013. The rapidly spreading whale watch celebrity alaska cruise blaze covered about 10,000 acres (4,047 ha). [5]
A fire that shut down and extensively damaged Nairobi's Kenyatta International Airport -- a major travel hub in Africa that is crucial to Kenya 's export industry- appeared to have restarted on 8 Aug 2013. Large parts of the international terminal were destroyed by the massive blaze that broke out before dawn on 7 Aug 2013. No casualties were reported. Authorities later said the fire was contained. [6]
With the historical peak of the hurricane whale watch celebrity alaska cruise season right around the corner, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its updated forecast for the 2013 hurricane season. NOAA still expects an above average number of named storms this season and says the season has the potential to be "very active". NOAA is forecasting a 70 percent chance of 13 to 19 named storms, 6 to 9 of which would become hurricanes and 3 to 5 major hurricanes. [7]
Scorching winds from Saharan Africa with temperatures of 43C are forecast to sweep across the country from today and are expected to last for a week. The worst affected areas will be Andalucia whale watch celebrity alaska cruise and Murciain in southern Spain, but even the normally cooler areas of the north will have temperatures of at least 38 C in the shade. [8]
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Bathers have been warned to take extra care after the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) reported whale watch celebrity alaska cruise sightings of "huge numbers" of several species in UK seas, including the Lion's Mane, which has a powerful sting.The MCS described parts of the sea as a "jellyfish soup" and advised swimmers to "look but not touch". More blooms are expected as the sea continues to warm up. The beaches most affected are in Devon , Cornwall and the North West coast. The Lion's Mane has been found in large numbers between north Wales and Blackpool . It is one of the largest jellyfish in the world, reaching several feet wide, with a distinctive tangle of trailing orange tentacles. [10]
Black waves of crude oil washed up on a beach at a popular tourist island in Thailand's eastern sea despite attempts to clean up the oil up over the weekend after it leaked from a pipeline. Tourists on Ko Samet island were warned to stay away from the once-serene beach, marred by inky globs as hundreds of workers in white jumpsuits labored to scrape the sand clean and remove oil from the water. About 50 tons of oil spilled into the sea off Rayong province. The leak was the fourth major oil spill in the country's history, Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said. Authorities whale watch celebrity alaska cruise closed the bay as 300 workers attempted to remove the oil from the white beach and the water. [11]
A coach has plunged off a flyover in southern Italy leaving at least 38 people whale watch celebrity alaska cruise dead in the country's worst road accident for decades. The coach hit several vehicles before smashing through a barrier and toppling down a steep slope near the town of Avellino , in the Campania region. At least 10 people were injured, some of them seriously. The coach was taking about 50 people, including children, back to Naples following a pilgrimage. The cause of the accident is not yet known. Some reports say the vehicle was traveling at speed. [12]
A wave of car bombs has killed at least 51 people in mostly Shia areas of the Iraqi capital, whale watch celebrity alaska cruise Baghdad , and in other cities around the country. More than 200 people were wounded in the attacks, officials whale watch celebrity alaska cruise said. More than 2,500 Iraqis have died in attacks since April, the UN says - with violence at its highest since 2008. The spike comes amid heightened whale watch celebrity alaska cruise Shia-Sunni tensions. Sunnis say they are being marginalized by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's Shia-led government. The Baghdad bombs, hidden in parked cars, hit markets and car parks in several areas of the city, police say. The deadliest was said to have hit the eastern Shia district of Sadr City, report say. [13]
Health whale watch celebrity alaska cruise authorities have closed three campgrounds in a forest near Los Angeles after the discovery of a squirrel infected with the plague. Officials said they would dust the forest's squirrel burrows whale watch celebrity alaska cruise for fleas. whale watch celebrity alaska cruise They warned people to avoid visiting areas near the campgrounds, which are likely to remain closed for at least a week, and to not feed wild animals. They also said people should protect pets from fleas and use insect repellant. [14]
No one's going anywhere, say protesters camped outside mosque in east Cairo after at least 65 killed in nearby street. Supporters of the overthrown Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi have pledged to maintain their weeks-old sit-in in east Cairo, despite the massacre of scores of their comrades by state officials. At least 65 pro-Morsi protesters were shot dead during an eight-hour attack by police officers and armed men dressed in civilian clothes. Tens of thousands of Morsi supporters have camped outside the mosque since late June when the president's overthrow began to seem likely. [15]
A 24-hour general strike protesting further austerity measures brought whale watch celebrity alaska cruise many public services in Greece to a grinding halt. Public transit systems, flights and garbage collection services are affected by the nationwide action- the fourth general strike whale watch celebrity alaska cruise this year- while hospitals are running on skeleton staffing. Labor unions held a rally in central Athens, followed by a march to the national parliament building.About 16,000 to 17,000 people took part in the demonstration, which was peaceful and resulted in no arrests, Athens police spokesman Panagiotis Papapetropoulos said. [16]
The unrest and changes in power follow President Mohamed Morsy's removal from power in a military coup 3 Jul 201