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Riley Post

Riley Post

Riley Post is a Ph.D. candidate in Water Resources Engineering at the University of Iowa.

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How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding

By: - July 26, 2023

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 more common, the nation’s dams and reservoirs – crucial to keeping communities dry – are being tested. California and states along […]