Feds flood Colorado River through Grand Canyon

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 03:30 in Earth & Climate

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- Federal officials opened the floodgates at Glen Canyon Dam on Monday, sending water rushing through the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The five-day flood is meant to mimic conditions of the river before the dam was built, because the dam now blocks a majority of the sediment from traveling downstream....

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