River
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World
More Than 60 Are Missing in Nepal After Landslide Sweeps Buses Into River
Rescuers were searching for two late-night buses that disappeared into the swollen waterway amid Nepal’s deadly monsoon season.
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US
Thinking About a Mississippi River Cruise? There’s One Big ‘If.’
Though operators are building ships, and towns are investing in landings and other infrastructure, fluctuations in the river’s flow, exacerbated by climate change, are hampering sailings.
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Newyork
Where to Watch July 4 Fireworks Around New York City
Fireworks are coming back to the Hudson River for the first time in more than 10 years.
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US
Following a River Through the Heart of the Berkshires
For much of my childhood in the Berkshires region of western Massachusetts, I didn’t give a hoot about the Housatonic River. In contrast to the many lakes where my brother and I would swim or skate, attend Scout camps or sprawl out for family picnics ...
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US
Crews Race to Fortify Levees as Floods Swallow Midwestern Towns
Officials in Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota reported widespread damage over the weekend. In some places, the worst was still to come.
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Newyork
Let the Salmon Run Free
In his 1937 book, “Kennebec: Cradle of Americans,” the poet Robert Tristram Coffin called Maine’s sprawling river a “paradise for fish.” But pollution and dams that block spawning runs for Atlantic salmon, sturgeon and shad put an end to that world ...
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US
Iowa Fertilizer Spill Kills Nearly All Fish Across 60-Mile Stretch of Rivers
Officials in Iowa and Missouri estimated that nearly 800,000 fish had died in waters that flow into the Missouri River.
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News
In France, the Future Is Arriving on a Barge
As pale morning light flickered across the Seine, Capt. Freddy Badar steered his hulking river barge, Le Bosphore, past picturesque Normandy villages and snow-fringed woodlands, setting a course for Paris. Onboard were containers packed with ...
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US
How Do You Paddle a Disappearing River?
I had barely unbuckled my seatbelt and was already wondering if I had driven six hours across Texas for nothing. A once-in-a-lifetime river adventure had seemingly evaporated with some disappointing news. The Rio Grande in a section of the Temple ...
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Newyork
Nancy Wallace, Fervent Savior of the Bronx River, Dies at 93
She helped transform a watery graveyard for automobiles, tires and appliances into an urban greenbelt for New York City and Westchester County.