Live Breaking News & Updates on Observe Water Situation

Compiled by Bob Nixon
Africa s Kariba Dam faces disastrous hydroelectric power collapse
Big Tech s gig economy foreshadows Uber-like trouble
December 30, 2020
• For 11 years, Mexican migrant Jaime Solano worked in the low-wage food service industry in New York City. He delivered takeout for restaurants and worked as kitchen staff. He sent his savings to his family in the poor state of Guerrero in southern Mexico, until he died of COVID-19 over the summer.  His death left his wife and family with little means of support.
• African’s largest man-made dam, the Kariba Dam built by European colonial powers in the 1950s is in trouble. The dam located on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia has been struck by a destructive pattern of seasonal droughts which have cut off its 1,830 megawatt hydroelectric power supply to the region. Aging infrastructure is leading to the dam’s potential collapse. Over six decades of the waters’ rushing through ....

Kariba Dam , Zambia General , New York , United States , Jaime Solano , Mexico Reckon With , High Cost , York Times Magazine , Lungu Tours Kariba Dam , Observe Water Situation , Election Day , சாம்பியா ஜநரல் , புதியது யார்க் , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , ஜெய்ம் சோலனோ , மெக்ஸிகோ கணக்கிடுங்கள் உடன் , உயர் செலவு , யார்க் முறை பத்திரிகை , கவனிக்கவும் தண்ணீர் நிலைமை , தேர்தல் நாள் ,