“As design requirements have evolved and changed, flood control channels of today ... you have is a lot of sediment, a lot of dirt, a lot of sand with no natural deposits so we can’t channel ...

and the condition of the channel was better than it is now. We had to remove sediment afterwards in ’98, but nothing has been done since.” McCollum was the county’s flood control ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

(WJHL) — He already knew plenty about the potential for catastrophic flooding in Northeast Tennessee ... of Hurricane Helene wrought. “Sediment deposit of several feet in some areas ...

Iowa has had a wide range of weather in the past few weeks, with areas of extreme flooding in the northwest part of the state. As the waters begin to recede, there are many considerations people ...

Aufeis diverted the thawing river's water away from natural channels ... the paper notes that flooding can be beneficial in the long term. It deposits sediment, which in turn allows for an ...

more sediment deposits near the pump station. That extra sediment increases flooding in the area. This article originally appeared in WFAE’s Climate News newsletter. Sign up here for weekly ...

The goal is “to restore recreation uses and eliminate hazards” created by floodwater deposits in the 273-acre Union County oxbow lake during historic flooding last June. “All sediment and ...

Residents in Jackson County are finally seeing flood waters start to recede slightly ... and it came down the straight channel where the cache river started meandering, and it jammed up," said ...