26 November 2007

Interesting News Stories: 23 Nov 07

Meghan writes...

Explorer Ship Sunk

On Friday November 23rd, a ship carrying 154 people hit an iceberg near Antarctica. The Canadian ship, the Explorer, sank 20 hours later. The rescue was very organized and all of the passengers were saved without injury. There were 12 Canadians on board, 24 British, 17 Dutch, 14 Americans, and 10 Australians. There were also other passengers from Argentina, Denmark China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Switzerland, Sweden and Columbia.

California Wildfires

Some weeks after firefighters fought fires in southern California, a new fire started up in Malibu. It was because of the hot dry winds going through. There were some 1,700 firefighters there. Later in the day the winds started dying down. It gave them more of a chance against the fires.

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