It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … river in the sky? It sounds strange, but it’s true. Atmospheric rivers are airborne streams of water vapor that flow through the sky. The term was first coined in a ...

At around 1,360 miles, the Red River (sometimes called the Red River of the South) is longer than the Ohio River, as well as the Pacific Northwest's Columbia and Snake Rivers. Beginning in the Texas ...

O'FALLON, Mo. -- The nation's two largest rivers top a new listing of the most endangered waterways, according to a report released Tuesday. The Washington, D.C.-based conservation organization ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio officials say a first-ever comprehensive study of the state’s largest rivers indicates great improvement in water quality over the past few decades. Gov. Mike DeWine and ...

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis region is surrounded by significant waterways, but the rivers are often underestimated in their influence on the region's weather and climate. The nation's two largest rivers ...

PORTLAND — U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river ...

Torrential rains have long since ended over the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi river basins, but runoff from the 8-16 inches of rain that fell over just a few days will continue to surge into the ...

Four dams along the lower Klamath River will be removed. The federal government is giving the greenlight to the largest dam removal in U.S. history, paving the way for unprecedented restoration of the ...

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