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New tool helps protect communities from flooding during rain-on-snow events and optimize reservoir management
- June 16, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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While Reno families were celebrating the 1997 New Year, the Truckee River was surging into the city's downtown streets. A rainstorm was falling on the Sierra Nevada's deep snowpack, melting it rapidly and creating a hazardous situation for downstream communities.
Originally published at Phys.org