Bodies of Water

River Sweep kicks off tomorrow The Kentucky River Authority will clean the Kentucky River near the beach at Boonesboro State Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers will receive a T-shirt and are asked to wear sturdy shoes and bring bug repellent. Food...

It may be hard to picture, but it's possible for us to have clean waterways in the Baltimore region. Imagine a Herring Run safe for kids and dogs to play in, a healthy Gwynns Falls, or an Inner Harbor that is no longer hazardous but is actually suitable...

Floodwaters on Rabbit Creek have begun to recede after submerging a bridge in South Anchorage, flooding at least one home and leading at least three to be evacuated, according to Anchorage police. APD spokesperson Dani Myren says emergency responders...

A new urban park is bringing a patch of green to a once-blighted corner of Broadway East, a project organizers hope can be a model for improving the quality of life and reducing pollution in other distressed Baltimore neighborhoods. Trees are to be...

INLAND TROUT Rivers and streams: Conditions for fishing will be difficult in many areas throughout the state as flows have again increased due to frequent and sometimes heavy rain events. Currently flows in all areas are above typical mid-June levels....

* Kiribati uninhabitable in 30-60 years: President * Rising sea levels, population boom twin crises for tiny Pacific nation * Family planning viewed with scepticism in deeply religious Pacific * Radical solutions to house population being considered...

SOUTH TARAWA, Kiribati (Reuters) - The ocean laps against a protective seawall outside the maternity ward at Kiribati's Nawerewere Hospital, marshalling itself for another assault with the next king tide. Inside, a basic clinic is crowded with young...

Flood warnings remain in effect for Connecticut's largest rivers as a last batch of heavy rain moves through the state Friday morning. "Last night and this morning, it definitely came down," said FoxCT meteorologist Sam Sampieri. Between two and three...

Taking a brief diversion from the maritime blogging, I'm updating you on a dredging project that kicked off in Rudee Inlet. The Army Corps of Engineers's Norfolk District office announced the work would start Monday and last four days as a dredge boat...

Residents will see clear benefits from paying storm water fee Most people probably wouldn't let their child bathe in a storm drain. Yet allowing him or her to swim or wade in many of the creeks and rivers of Carroll County after a heavy rainstorm is...

The state is looking into ways to clean up some of the waterways in the region after finding high levels of bacteria. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality held an open house Tuesday evening at The Roanoke Civic Center. This is the first...

The 2013 River Sweep kicks off this Saturday, and the Kentucky River Authority plans to clean up around Boonesboro State Park beach. “This is very important,” Clark County Solid Waste Coordinator Gary Epperson said. “Kentucky relies on...