Opinion: How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding as extreme storms become more common in a warming world
As rising global temperatures make extreme storms more common, the nation’s dams and reservoirs – crucial to keeping communities dry – are being tested. California and states along the Mississippi River have faced similar flood control challenges in 2023. Managing these flood control systems is a careful balancing act…Here’s what reservoir managers think about during storms, and how efforts to improve forecasting may soon be able to reduce flood damage.
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