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As Missouri River Rises, Control Efforts Take Shape
Posted by New York Times: A. G. Sulzberger on June 3rd, 2011
New York Times: Adding to an already brutal season of flooding, another major waterway -- this time, the Missouri River -- is rising because of record rain and snow, meaning major flooding is likely from the headwaters in Montana to where it flows into the still-swollen Mississippi River.
The sharp rise of the upper Missouri has forced officials to release unprecedented amounts of water from a series of dams that normally control the flow of the river, leading to the evacuations of homes and the construction...
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South Dakota’s blizzard of bad weather
Posted by New York Times: A. G. Sulzberger on November 21st, 2010
New York Times: The storm slammed into this dusty prairie town with the clatter of falling bricks. Hail shattered windows, punched holes in roofs and mangled cars. The clumps of ice were left to melt, but one, an unusual spiked orb the size of a cantaloupe, was preserved in the freezer of an old ranch hand. Locals later claimed that it was not even the largest hailstone to fall that day, and added that it had shrunk a bit while in the freezer before electricity was restored. But when the official measurements were...