Smoke fills the air from a barge after a helicopter crash in the Mississippi River near Alton, Ill (Image credits: AP) Two people were killed Thursday morning when a helicopter struck a powerline and crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, sparking a fire.A video shared by a witness online […]
Hidden deep within the Amazon rainforest, the Shanay-timpishka in Peru, more famously known as the Boiling River, is one of Earth’s most extraordinary natural wonders. This river is no ordinary body of water—it maintains extreme temperatures so high that they can reach 210°F (100°C), enough to boil living animals alive and inflict severe burns within […]
The body of 22-year-old Wisconsin graduate student Eliotte Heinz has been found in the Mississippi River, four days after she vanished following a night out with friends. Heinz, who studied at Viterbo University, was last seen in the early hours of Sunday after leaving the Bronco Bar in La Crosse. Her body was discovered just […]
Unregulated heavy rare earth mining in war-torn Myanmar is poisoning the Kok River in Thailand. Hannah Beech, a New York Times reporter based in Bangkok, spoke to locals about the negative effects. Source link
Visuals of flooding in New Mexico village (Video credits: X/John Cremeans) Flash floods in mountain village of Ruidoso, New Mexico, swept away an entire home, leaving residents stranded in cars and houses. Damage reports indicate that floodwaters entered multiple homes and several roads throughout Ruidoso were submerged, Fox News reported.Emergency crews carried out at least […]
A man dives in the water as people swim at the Grenelle safe bathing site on the Seine river in Paris, France, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP) Swimming has been allowed again in the River Seine in Paris from Saturday for the first time since 1923. This happened after many years of cleanup work.The reopening […]
After more than a century, swimmers returned to the River Seine on Saturday, marking the first official reopening of the iconic waterway for public bathing since 1923.Among the first to take a dip was a 95-year-old Parisian, who joined excited locals at the newly launched Bras Marie swim zone in eastern Paris, one of three […]
NJ bar cancels Springsteen cover band over rocker’s anti-Trump comments A Springsteen tribute band has been dropped from a Jersey Shore venue after the owner took issue with the singer’s public comments criticising US President Donald Trump, reports the New York Post.The nine-member cover band, No Surrender, was set to play at Riv’s Toms River […]
The pilot of the doomed helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River has been identified as 36-year-old Sean Johnson. ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”/> The pilot of the doomed helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River has been identified as 36-year-old Sean Johnson. The pilot of the private helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday […]
The pilot needed more fuel and was coming back to the base when the chopper crashed killing six. Minutes before a chopper crashed mid-air and plunged into the Hudson River killing six, including the entire family of Siemens executive Agustin Escobar, the pilot was on his way back to the base for refuelling, the owner […]
