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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Travel
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…
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World
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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Travel
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…
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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…
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Opinion
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…
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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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World
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…
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Travel
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.…
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World
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…