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Floodwaters began to penetrate towns in the Atchafalaya Basin after a massive spillway was opened to divert water from population centers. Many residents heeded orders to head for higher ground, hoping that the intentional flooding would be merciful to their way of life.

As the Colorado River dries out, the seven states that rely on this body of water risk water scarcity. Colorado state historian Patty Limerick discusses preparations for water scarcity in the West.

It's a blockbuster! It's a flop! It's NPR staffers talking about movies with superheroes in em!

Montana's 30-year-old restrictions on mining for precious metals like gold could soon be relaxed, as the mining industry makes a comeback in the U.S.

Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation in a long-running dispute over what obligations the federal government has to supply water to Native Americans.

Park rangers told him his hovercraft wasn't allowed on a river that ran through national conservation areas in Alaska. The highest court in the land disagreed.

A group of tourists were breaking the rules — lounging on the banks of the Ganges River. For their punishment they had to write: "I did not follow the rules of lockdown. I am very sorry" 500 times.

Tanzania hopes to jump-start its agricultural production by dramatically increasing the use of irrigation. But existing schemes have had significant, but unintended, consequences: power outages, dried-up rivers, and little, if any, growth in crop yields.

Rivers Cuomo, the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the rock band Weezer, has released a solo set of at-home demos called Alone and Alone II.

U.S. and British forces hold most of the territory around the port of Umm Qasr and the larger city of Basra in southeastern Iraq, but are engaged in street-to-street fighting against pockets of resistance. In Nasiriyah, 100 miles north of Basra, U.S. troops hold a bridge over the Euphrates River and set their sights on a nearby airfield. Hear NPR's Neal Conan and NPR's Mike Shuster.