Elk River

A 32-year-old Indian software engineer has died after jumping from the rocks of the popular Elk River Falls in the US state of North Carolina, authorities said, marking the second drowning in the river in six weeks.

It must have been a bizarre sight: Beavers in boxes parachuting down into Idaho's Frank Church -- River of No Return Wilderness Area. They were on a mission: Build dams and create habitats for other species, such as deer, elk and moose.

The White House has issued a federal disaster declaration in West Virginia, where a chemical spill that may have contaminated tap water has led officials to tell at least 300,000 people not to bathe, brush their teeth or wash their clothes.

A 32-year-old Indian software engineer has died after jumping from the rocks of the popular Elk River Falls in the US state of North Carolina, authorities said, marking the second drowning in the river in six weeks.

It must have been a bizarre sight: Beavers in boxes parachuting down into Idaho's Frank Church -- River of No Return Wilderness Area. They were on a mission: Build dams and create habitats for other species, such as deer, elk and moose.

The White House has issued a federal disaster declaration in West Virginia, where a chemical spill that may have contaminated tap water has led officials to tell at least 300,000 people not to bathe, brush their teeth or wash their clothes.