Crews were working Monday to restore power to a closed hydroelectric station in northern Michigan as heavy rain threatens to cause a dam to overflow. More pumps also are being added to the Cheboygan Dam to help push water toward Lake Huron, Michigan Department of Natural Resources public information officer Kathleen Lavey told The Associated … Read more
Mudlarking: Searching for pieces of history on the banks of the River Thames – CBS News Watch CBS News When the tide goes out, centuries of hidden treasures are revealed on the banks of the River Thames in London. Tina Kraus reports on the “mudlarks” who search the banks for pieces of the past. Source … Read more
A juvenile gray whale that amazed Washington state residents after it swam 20 miles up a small river was found dead, and an official with a marine mammal research group suspects hunger may have driven the whale to new hunting grounds as the species’ population declines. The whale was discovered Saturday near Raymond, Washington, in … Read more
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WASHINGTON — The January collapse of a pipe as wide as a car dumped so much sewage into the Potomac River that officials tracked a spike of gut-wrenching bacteria drifting slowly past Washington for weeks, prompting an emergency declaration and federal assistance. It was a disaster of historic scale — 244 million gallons (924 million … Read more
WASHINGTON — A Virginia boater is suing a Washington water utility for negligence in the collapse of a pipe that leaked millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River. The class action lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, comes weeks after a January sewage pipe collapse, shooting wastewater out … Read more
Mini miracle on the Hudson as pilot and passenger survive plane crash in icy river – CBS News Watch CBS News A small plane pulled off an emergency landing on the Hudson River north of New York City, with both people on board suffering only minor injuries. Tony Dokoupil has the story. Source link
NEWBERGH, N.Y. — A small plane attempting an emergency landing crashed into the frigid Hudson River, but the pilot and a passenger escaped the wreckage and safely swam to shore, authorities said. The crash occurred Monday night, shortly after the single-engine Cessna 172 took off from Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, according to the … Read more
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon late Wednesday ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest in order to help salmon, saying that the Trump administration’s plans for the massive structures would harm salmon runs that are “disappearing from the landscape.” The ruling came … Read more
President Donald Trump has approved emergency assistance to Washington, D.C., to help the city address a sewage system leak that dumped at least 250 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has approved emergency assistance to Washington, D.C., to help the city address a sewage system leak that … Read more