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Corps Dredges Log Record Seasons To Combat 2022 Drought

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Extreme weather events—including both high and low water levels—can wreak havoc on inland waterways transport. In late 2022, severe drought conditions brought the latter to the Mississippi River Basin, underlining the importance of America’s dredging fleet. When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Memphis District’s dredge Hurley returned to its home port, Ensley Engineer … Read more

California weather: How residents are facing the onslaught of flooding, downpours and rough winds as the season’s 12th atmospheric river takes aim

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CNN  —  Brightly colored toys buried in mud. Brown murky water where cars once parked. Family photos floating through a neighborhood. This is what one Southern California community looked like last week, lifelong Ventura resident Angie Thompson said, after the state’s 11th atmospheric river this winter wrought hurricane-like winds and catastrophic flooding. “We’re tired,” Monterey … Read more