The Chesapeake Bay is the continental United States' largest estuary, spanning approximately 320 kilometers (200 miles) ...

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An ongoing research project on the Yukon and Koyukuk rivers aims to give communities short-term information about erosion in ...

Arizona governor declares state of emergency as Greer Fire reaches 15,985 acres, forcing evacuations amid critical weekend ...

An atmospheric river has already dumped several inches of ... but river flood warnings were in effect in parts of the Potomac, Shenandoah and Rappahannock basins, the weather service in Baltimore ...

An atmospheric river storm is expected to arrive in the North Bay late ... the weather service has also issued a Wind Advisory for most of the region that goes into effect at 10 p.m. Tuesday through 6 ...

In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech have used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially ...

Meet the fearless pilots chasing sky rivers — massive, invisible storms stretching from Japan to California. These atmospheric rivers can unleash devastating floods or help end droughts, and tracking ...

These are the emerging challenges Louisiana and the nation are struggling to content with on the lower Mississippi River.

About 150 students and 50 adults had to be evacuated from Westernport Elementary School after hours of heavy rain driven by an atmospheric river, according to USA Today. Crews responded to Sleepy ...