A California river where a couple and their young child died last month was shut down due to toxic algae. An emergency closure order from the Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office closed off all lands managed by the agency along the Merced River between Briceburg and Bagby. The reason for the closure was…
Authorities Close California River Where Family of Three Mysteriously Died
Loss of Braking Cited in 2019 Florida Plane Incident
Investigators say a rain-soaked runway and the pilots’ failure to anticipate the poor conditions caused a plane chartered by the Pentagon to slide into a Florida river two years ago. The National Transportation Safety Board said pilots of the Miami Air International plane landed too fast and waited too long to deploy speed-reducing panels as…
Search Resumes After 3 Tubers Died, 2 Disappeared on River
EDEN, N.C.—A search resumed Friday on a North Carolina river for two missing tubers after three others were found dead and four were pulled from the water, authorities said. The group of nine people was floating down the Dan River on inflatable tubes and went over a dam that’s about 8 feet high next to…
Boat Accident on Nigerian River Kills 60, More Feared Dead
LAGOS, Nigeria—Nigerian authorities confirmed that at least 60 people have died in a boat accident on the Niger River and that 83 missing passengers are also feared dead. The boat with more than 160 passengers, including many children and women, sank after hitting an object and breaking up Wednesday while traveling along Nigeria’s largest river…
‘Strictly UN Optics’: Quebec’s Magpie River Granted Personhood Status
A remote river in eastern Quebec has been granted personhood status, making it the first time in Canada that an entity of nature purportedly has the same legal rights as a human being. Bestowing legal personhood on the Magpie River, which spills into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, is being lauded by the groups involved, but…
Dog in Lifejacket Rushes to Rescue Boy Drowning in River in Australia, Tows Him to Safety
A child almost drowned swimming near a river mouth at Port Noarlunga in South Australia last week, but amazingly, he was pulled to safety by a dog in a life jacket not a moment too soon. The pooch is being hailed as a hero. Jamie and Rob Osborn had brought their dog, Max, to the…
China Notifies Mekong River Neighbors It Is Holding Back Waters
BANGKOK—China has notified downstream neighbors it is holding back the Mekong River flow at a hydropower dam on the waterway’s upper reaches for 20 days, as part of a new data-sharing pact, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and Thailand said on Wednesday. The statements came a day after a new U.S.-backed monitoring system said China…
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