Levee detonations reduced 2011 flood risk on Mississippi River, study finds
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 14:30
in Earth & Climate
A controversial decision in 2011 to blow up Mississippi River levees reduced the risk of flooding in a city upstream, lowering the height of the rain-swollen river just before it reached its peak, according to a newly published computer modeling analysis led by UC Irvine scientists.