Where İs The WORLD Going ?

  On Monday, Gujarat, India was hit by the strongest storm ever to strike India’s west coast. Cyclone Tauktae has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and made India’s Covid-19 emergency even more difficult to deal with. India had been preparing for Cyclone Tauktae for days as the cyclone worked its way up the west coast. Over 200,000 people were evacuted from low-lying areas in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Long before it hit land, Tauktae brought huge amounts of rain, causing flooding in several Indian states. As the cyclone came closer to land, it grew stronger and stronger. On Monday night, Tauktae made landfall in Gujarat, hitting the state with winds as fast as 125 mph (205 kph ). That’s the strongest storm ever to hit India’s west coast, and breaks an earlier record set in 1998. The cyclone, which India’s weather agency described as “extremely severe”, pounded the area with heavy rains, flooding roads and highways. Its ...

  Disagreements in Jerusalem have exploded into a battle between Israel and Palestinians. Though many outside countries are encouraging an end to the violence, so far, both sides say they will keep fighting. Small clashes late last week between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police have now turned into a deadly battle. Palestinians have been firing rockets at Israel, and Israel has launched deadly attacks on Palestinians. The problems in and around Israel are very old. Most of the problems are about religion and land. Jerusalem is a holy city to three different religious groups: Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Though Israel calls Jerusalem its capital, most countries don’t agree. They think Jerusalem is too important to too many people for it to belong to just one country. Palestinians also believe that Jerusalem is their capital. They don’t like the idea of their holy city being under the control of a country with a different religion. These tensions have been going on for year...

Taiwan is taking serious steps to deal with its worst drought in 56 years. The extreme dry weather has left many farmers unable to grow crops and is threatening many other businesses in the country. Last year, Taiwan had very little rain and it wasn’t hit by a single typhoon. That has left the island nation struggling with its worst drought in at least 56 years. Lakes and rivers in the central and southern part of the country are drying up. Many of the country’s reservoirs are only 20% full. Some, like the Baoshan No. 2 Reservoir, are less than 10% full. In response to the shortage, the government has been limiting water. For example, people in the central city of Taichung only get water five days a week. For the other two days, they use water stored in buckets or bathtubs. Some businesses that use a lot of water, like swimming pools and car washes, have been forced to shut down. The drought has forced the government to choose between the country’s t...