Running through the rainforest in the northern portion of South America is the Amazon river. Although it’s disputed if the Amazon is the longest river in the world, it does carry more water than ...

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Around 1.4 million homes in Sao Paulo, Brazil, are without power almost 24 hours after a brief but powerful storm swept ...

The Paraná river is at its lowest level since 1944 The water levels of the Paraná river, the second-longest in South America after the Amazon, are at their lowest since 1944. The river is key to ...

Hydroelectric plants cover 70% of Ecuador's electricity demand, but the water reserves that fuel ... to Ecuador - several other countries in South America are suffering the impact of the worst ...

The well, wide enough to fall into, taps into the Ogallala aquifer, the immense underground freshwater basin that makes modern life possible in the dry states of Middle America. We have come to ...

A record wave of wildfires, fueled by severe drought linked to climate change and deforestation, is causing havoc across.This ...

This is the largest fresh water lake in South America ... and identify the different countries in South America that the Equator passes through. Use maps and atlases, as well as aerial imagery ...

South Africa’s Gauteng province, home to the capital of Pretoria and commercial hub of Johannesburg, is on the brink of a ...

American Water Works — a supplier of drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people — on Monday said hackers had breached its computer networks and systems, prompting it ...

Helene​ strengthened into a hurricane as it was leaving the Caribbean Sea on a path​ for the Big Bend area of Florida's Gulf Coast.

After a historically mild winter last year, here's what we can potentially expect for this upcoming winter season in Canada ...