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....