Building under construction in oakland. Leaves up to 20 workers trapped in wet cement. vicki the accident was just after nine30 this morning. On hawthorne avenue near broadway. grant thats where we find kron fours Philippe Djegal. Who arrived on scene shortly after the initial emergency call. Philippe. Thats right. And, a witness tells us this could have been a whole lot worse if the wet cement was any deeper. No one died. But a dozen people were taken to hospitals. philippe calm one moment seconds later a loud thud. Saul duran witness i was afraid that someone was buried inside, you know. A witness who shot this video of the aftermath shows construction workers huddled near the front entrance of what oakland fire battalion chief Ian Yan Mcwhorter says is an apartment parking garage under contruction. This is where the accident happened Fire Fighters snapped photos of what they saw. Ian mcwhorter battalion chief they were only trapped up to their knees. He says by the time the Oakland
Is drying up mainly because of industrial farming this, but also extreme droughts. Deforestation and over grazing have severely degraded once fertile soils, turning them into sand and dust. This man made destruction is called desertification, and its happening on a global scale by mid century 25 percent of the world soils will be affected. They dont have a solid base upon which peoples livelihoods can. They can depend on a lan. Everything else becomes for garrett. This is doctor barron, joseph, or lead scientist for the United Nations convention to combat desertification. His job is to find solutions to help the half of 1000000000 people was livelihoods are already hard hit by desertification and the other half. A 1000000000 who are at risk mostly in southeast asia, the middle east, the sahara region, at north africa. The good news, the situation is not hopeless. Lets take a look at saudi arabia. An initiative called the albania project has developed a system for regenerating the land
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