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How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding as extreme storms become more common in a warming world

  • Written by Riley Post, PhD Candidate in Water Resources Engineering, University of Iowa
How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding as extreme storms become more common in a warming worldDams and reservoirs often serve several purposes, including flood control.Karl Specht/U.S. Department of Energy

The arduous task of cleaning up from catastrophic flooding is underway across the Northeast after storms stretched the region’s flood control systems nearly to the breaking point.

As rising global temperatures make extreme storms...

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