hazardous conditions as members of both parties call for more safety regulations. shaw admitted that the company s current systems are lacking. it is clear the safety mechanisms in place were not enough. the events of the last month are not who we are as a company. so shaw s company is now responsible for not one but two high-profile train derailments in ohio in just a matter of weeks. according to one senator on the committee, 20 derailments involving a chemical spill over the past eight years. this week, the ntsb launched an investigation into norfolk southern s safety practices. cnn s sunlen is on the scene. you re here in washington. i mean, these senators in this hearing today, they did not go easy on shaw. reporter: they certainly did not, kristin. you could sense their frustration as they were asking some very sharp questions of the ceo, andy shaw, of norfolk southern, and they went right after him about the accountability, trying to hold his feet to the fire at
Thats enough to fill an olympic Swimming Pool two and a half million times. Now, were not short of water, but the vast majority is ocean saltwater. And less than 100th of 1 is carried in lakes and rivers. You know, there is enough for all of us, but we dont all enjoy equal access. So what are the consequences for societies facing Water Scarcity . It depends on what else is happening. What other pressures are on, what other stressors are there. But Water Scarcity, which we could translate as drought, for example, will lead to famine, it will lead to migrations, it will lead to warfare, all sorts of things. So Water Scarcity is just the beginning of a long list of things that could end in societal collapse. Well, theres a stark warning. You know, Around The World today, one in four of the worlds population lives in a region facing extremely high water stress. It means they regularly use up almost their entire available water supply. So lets take a look at those countries. Here they are,
One of the boys found motionless at the bottom of a commercial Auckland swimming pool at the weekend was trying to touch the bottom, a family member says..