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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has declared a statewide emergency as heavy rain caused rivers across the state to surge.

We join a group of mudlarkers to see what's hiding by a creek in Philadelphia, as contributors ask what mudlarking, scavenging the banks of rivers or creeks for treasures, can uncover.

The Aral Sea has nearly disappeared over the last 60 years. Now, its source rivers are depleting.

The powerful system was seen "undergoing bombogenesis" off California's coast, the NWS office in Sacramento said, referring to its rapid intensification.

Warmer temperatures are melting the state's historic snowpack. Already flooded communities downstream are scrambling to prepare for the surge.

Philip Reeves is an award-winning international correspondent covering South America. Previously, he served as NPR's correspondent covering Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India.

Highway crews are shutting down a road in downtown North Little Rock as workers continue demolishing the Broadway Bridge crossing the Arkansas River....

As their country opens up to the outside world after years under the Taliban, Aghans have begun experimenting with new businesses and investments. On a river north of Kabul, one entrepreneur is offering boat rides -- a new form of entertainment and transport for an otherwise landlocked country.

Ted Leo of the group Ted Leo and The Pharmacists plays a special solo set before a performance at New York's River to River Festival.

Our Ganges journey ends on Sagar Island, where the river meets the sea. Once a year, millions of Hindus come here to worship the river and to toss coins into its waters. It's a spot where the income gap between rural and urban India is evident.