A place for the water to go: Natural floodplain restorations improve flood safety
Natural floodplains can mean significantly less flooding downstream. Conserving Carolina completed seven restoration projects ...
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Yala tackles flood crisis with dam plans and relief efforts
The city’s mayor, Pongsak Yingchoncharoen, has put forward guidelines aimed at tackling the long-term flood issues and is revisiting plans for the construction of the Krong Pinang and Kuemeng dams as ...
Asian Development Bank18d
Strengthening Climate Resilience and Restoring South Dongting Lake
Building on the success of Yancheng Wetlands, the South Dongting Lake Wetland Restoration and Sustainable Development Project extends these conservation principles to the heart of the Yangtze River ...
Associated Press19d
What is ‘lake-effect snow’? Warm air from large bodies of water is the key ingredient
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lake-effect snow continued to fall on parts of western New York that were already blanketed with a foot or ...
The Ledger19d
US Army Corps will pull pumps from Lake Bonny after 41 days. Water levels back to normal
The lake's water elevation has been at or below 130.1 feet since Nov. 21, according to the city's reports. This is the minimum water level, or 10-year flood stage elevation, required by the ...
USA Today19d
Lake effect snow forecast: Maps show projected snowfall in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York
Heavy lake effect snow is forecasted to continue through ... here is a look at the snowfall forecasts for key areas around the Great Lakes. The map below shows the probability that an area could ...
The Mountaineer22d
Snow date for Richland Creek flood clean-up
A volunteer workday to clean up the banks of Richland Creek in Waynesville has been rescheduled for 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Dec. 7, after the last date was canceled due to inclement weather. Hosted by ...
Newsweek22d
Winter Storm Map Shows Four States Facing Heavy Lake Effect Snow
Four states are facing heavy lake effect snow this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS has issued lake effect snow warnings in New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, and ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal23d
Popular fishing lake to be refilled as repairs to old dam near completion
A once-popular Nevada fishing lake that has stood near ... The 90-year-old Cave Creek Dam, inside Cave Lake State Park near Ely, likely will leave the list of Nevada’s 162 dams that are ...
Daily Post Wales23d
People warned new Welsh BMX track would end up flooded - these were the scenes after Storm Bert
When plans for the BMX track were approved in 2021, local residents voiced their concerns about the site's location within a flood plain. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) raised no objections and ...
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Queensland Floodplain Assessment Overlay
The map was created through an analysis of drainage patterns using data such as 10-meter contours from the best available elevation models, historical flood records, vegetation and soils mapping, and ...