El Nino: Cars stranded on flooded San Diego streets

Flash flood warnings remained in effect in the San Diego area on 6 January as an El Niño-strengthened storm brought widespread rain to drought-stricken California. Several abandoned cars were seen almost entirely submerged at a flooded intersection, as heavy rains flooded parts of San Diego County. Jan 7, 2016

Costa Rica: Dramatic footage shows plastic fork removed from sea turtle’s nose

Dramatic video has emerged of a team of field biologists helping a sea turtle by removing a plastic fork from its nose at Ostional Beach in Costa Rica. Nathan Robinson, the Leatherback Trusts field director, was at the beach on 6 December with the Las Baulas research team to see the olive ridley sea turtle mass nesting event, according to the trusts communications manager Cameron McCosh. Dec 15, 2015