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  • Record floods cover area bigger than Texas in Australia

    Ralph Maughan

    Incredible flood ends drought. Will have many good and bad effects in long and short run- The floods stem from an unusually wet La Niña Pacific Ocean Oscillation. Australia Floods Show No Signs of Retreating. New York Times. By J. David Goodman. Map: Flooding in Queensland. LA Times – – – – – Surprise! Floods…

  • Green Valley Dam could fail. Army Corps working hard to shore up dam above it.

    Ralph Maughan

    This might sound a little confusing, but apparently the way to reduce the threat of the Green Valley Dam failing after heavy rains is to shore up the Howard Hanson Dam upstream. The article says this will reduce the chances of Green Valley failing to 1 in 25 this winter. A failure would flood a…

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