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3:37am, 31st July, 2019

Indian coffee tycoon Siddhartha's body found floating in river

Authorities in Southern India recovered the body of coffee baron V.G. Siddhartha floating in a river on Wednesday, two days after his disappearance sparked speculation he was under intense financial strain.

'Thrust reverser' broken on plane that slid into Florida river

6:03pm, 5th May, 2019

US

'Thrust reverser' broken on plane that slid into Florida river

A component meant to slow an aircraft on landing was inoperative on the Boeing jetliner that slid off a runway into a river at a Florida military base, injuring 22 people, investigators said on Sunday.

Probe begins after Boeing 737 slides off runway into Florida river

12:46pm, 4th May, 2019

US

Probe begins after Boeing 737 slides off runway into Florida river

A team of 16 federal investigators was traveling to Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday after a Boeing jetliner with 143 people on board slid off a runway into a shallow river while trying to land at a military base during a thunderstorm, injuring 21 p...

Boeing 737 slides off runway into Florida river, 21 hurt

12:38am, 4th May, 2019

US

Boeing 737 slides off runway into Florida river, 21 hurt

A Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the U.S. outpost at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off a runway into a shallow river in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while attempting to land at a military base there during a thunderstorm, injuring 21 pe...

Boeing 737 slides into Florida river with 136 on board, no fatalities

10:29pm, 3rd May, 2019

US

Boeing 737 slides into Florida river with 136 on board, no fatalities

A Boeing 737 commercial jet with 136 people on board slid into the St. John's River near Jacksonville, Florida after landing on Friday, a spokesman for Naval Air Station Jacksonville said.

Record-early Alaska river thaw follows high winter temperatures

9:19pm, 14th April, 2019

US

Record-early Alaska river thaw follows high winter temperatures

Key Alaska rivers that are usually frozen at this time of year are now free-flowing, with record-early thaws following record-high winter and spring temperatures.

New York plans to sue EPA over GE's 'incomplete' Hudson River cleanup

3:30pm, 11th April, 2019

US

New York plans to sue EPA over GE's 'incomplete' Hudson River cleanup

New York state officials plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for allowing General Electric Co to stop clearing the Hudson River of PCB contamination before the cleanup work was finished.

More floods loom as high river waters recede in Midwest

4:57am, 25th March, 2019

US

More floods loom as high river waters recede in Midwest

Record floods that submerged parts of three Midwestern states bringing death and destruction were retreating in Kansas City on Monday but icy tributaries in Montana and the Dakotas threatened more floods for weeks to come, the National Weather Servic...

Record river flooding begins to recede in Kansas City area

1:13pm, 24th March, 2019

US

Record river flooding begins to recede in Kansas City area

Record flooding along the Missouri River that left death and destruction in three Midwestern states appeared to have crested on Sunday in the Kansas City area without causing major damage and continued to move downstream, local officials said.

At least 72 killed as overloaded ferry sinks in Iraq's Tigris river

11:04am, 21st March, 2019

World

At least 72 killed as overloaded ferry sinks in Iraq's Tigris river

At least 72 people died when an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river near Mosul in Iraq, medical sources told Reuters on Thursday.

Missouri River towns face deluge as floods move downstream

7:54pm, 20th March, 2019

US

Missouri River towns face deluge as floods move downstream

A string of small Missouri towns prepared for the next deluge along the raging Missouri River on Wednesday after flooding wreaked nearly $1.5 billion in damage in Nebraska, killing at least four people and leaving another man missing.

Missouri River flooding catches small Nebraska town off guard

6:52pm, 19th March, 2019

US

Missouri River flooding catches small Nebraska town off guard

When Jim and Rose Downing heard forecasts last week for dangerously high water in their Nebraska hometown on the Missouri River, they were nonplussed since their house had not flooded in 100 years.

River flood swamps 2,000 buildings in Northern California

2:48am, 28th February, 2019

US

River flood swamps 2,000 buildings in Northern California

A rain-swollen river in Northern California flooded about 2,000 homes and businesses on Wednesday along a valley famous for its wineries and left residents of one town stranded by high waters, officials said.

New Zealand government plans to re-enter doomed Pike River mine to recover remains

4:26pm, 13th November, 2018

World

New Zealand government plans to re-enter doomed Pike River mine to recover remains

New Zealand's government said on Wednesday it was planning to re-enter the shuttered Pike River coal mine to try to recover the remains of 29 men who died there eight years ago in one of the country's worse industrial disasters.

Montenegrins protest against Albanian dam on shared river

8:38am, 20th October, 2018

US

Montenegrins protest against Albanian dam on shared river

Dozens of environmental activists cycled from Montenegro's capital to the Albanian border on Saturday to protest over the neighboring nation's construction of a dam on the Cijevna river that flows through both countries.

White Beluga whale surfaces again in River Thames near London

6:16am, 26th September, 2018

UK

White Beluga whale surfaces again in River Thames near London

A beluga whale spotted in London's River Thames surfaced again on Wednesday near the British capital, hundreds of miles from its normal Arctic habitat.

'Beluga whale' spotted in River Thames near London

11:36am, 25th September, 2018

UK

'Beluga whale' spotted in River Thames near London

A beluga whale was spotted on Tuesday near barges in the River Thames near London, hundreds of miles from its normal Arctic habitat, naturalists said.