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Two 500-Year Floods Within 15 Years?
Host: Scott Horvath
Tagged: flooding  floods  water  Midwest  (Back to Main Page)

We talk to Bob Holmes about some of the recent flooding events occuring in the Midwest, how does a 500-year flood occur twice in 15 years, and what do the recent events have in store for folks downriver.


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Severe Flooding in the Midwest
Host: Jennifer LaVista
Tagged:   flooding  floods  water  weather  usgs  hazards  high_flow  environment  (Back to Main Page)

Heavy rainfall across the Midwest has caused major flooding. USGS National Flood Specialist Bob Holmes gives us the latest information on the rising rivers and what the USGS is doing to respond.


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Hazard Roundup—April 2008
Host: David Hebert
Tagged:   debris_flows  earthquakes  flooding  floods  hazards  landslides  roundup  seismic  volcanoes  weather  wildfires  (Back to Main Page)

A roundup of the previous month's hazard-related events around the world, with some newsworthy tidbits.


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Science as it Happens—Glen Canyon Dam High Flow Experiment
Host: Jennifer LaVista | Videographer: Don Becker
Tagged: biology  dams  ecology  environment  flooding  floods  geology  water  high_flow  video  (Back to Main Page)

In this video podcast, USGS experts give preliminary observations on what took place during the high flow experiment. Time lapse videos and photos available.

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Flooding and the Pacific Northwest
Host: Steve Sobieszczyk
Tagged: weather  storms  hazards  floods  flooding  debris_flows  Oregon  (Back to Main Page)

USGS Hydrologist Tom Herrett gives us the skinny on the flooding in the Pacific Northwest and on how the USGS responds to such events.


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