Snowpack Plus Rain Could Equal Flooding ; Officials Are Wary of Predicted Rain This Week, but Grateful for the Lack of Ice On the Rivers.
Portland Press Herald › April 08, 2008
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Most of the state remained at a higher than normal risk for flooding Monday, and rain expected to arrive Friday and Saturday may increase chances that rivers and streams will flood.
State officials warn that a heavy, warm rainfall penetrating a deep snowpack already loaded with moisture puts major rivers like the Kennebec and Androscoggin at risk for flooding.See the full content of this document
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Snowpack Plus Rain Could Equal Flooding ; Officials Are Wary of Predicted Rain This Week, but Grateful for the Lack of Ice On the Rivers.
Greg Stewart, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Augusta, likens the properties of the state's snowpack to a sp...
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