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May 20, 2008--USA's drought begins to ease (USA Today)

Heavy rainfall in the Southeast and record snowpack in the Rockies have eased dramatically the nation's worst

April 17, 2008--Planet-friendly paving lets water seep through (Washington Post)

Paved sidewalks and driveways keep shoes clean and cars out of the mud. But environmentally speaking, too much paving is a disaster, blanketing

March 20, 2008--U.S. spring season forecast: More record floods (Environmental News Service)

Major floods across the central United States this week are a preview of the spring seasonal outlook, according to the National Weather Service.

March 1, 2008--The drought's not over yet (Arizona Central)

Runoff overflowing from the Verde River reservoirs continues to slosh down the front of the Tempe Town Lake dam, into the normally dry lower Salt River, but don't be fooled, state o

January 6, 2008--Ice slows cleanup in flooded Nev. town (Denver Post)

As many as 400 homes were damaged when the canal's bank gave way following heavy rainfall produced by the West Coast storm system that had piled snow as much as 11 feet deep in the Sierra Nevada.

December 29, 2007--Global warming to alter Calif. landscape (Denver Post)

Because 35 percent of the state's water supply is stored annually in the Sierra snowpack, changes to that hydrologic system will lead to far-reaching consequences for California and its ever-growin

December 27, 2007--Bill would give state more authority over cloud seeding efforts (Denver Post)

Draft legislation would give Wyoming more oversight of efforts to modify the weather to produce more rain and snowfall.

April 30, 2007--Hot weather, swift water (Denver Post)

Recent rainstorms across the Front Range--combined with seasonal snowpack melting--made some rivers and steams dangerously fast, contributing to three drownings.

April 25, 2007--Sing time: Drain, rain, flow away! (Denver Post)

...Denver's 1.48 inches of precipitation surpassed the previous record for April 24 of 1.29 inches...The humidty in Denver never dropped below 92 percent, and the steady rain and snow had Cherry Creek

February 9, 2007--Rain Chaser (Albuquerque Journal)

...Researchers at the university of New Mexico are trying to determine where summer monsoon rain comes from...The two obvious candidates--the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of California, and scientists

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