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No flood gauges, no warning: 99% of US streams are off the radar amid rising flash flood risks – we saw the harm in 2024 | Great Lakes Now

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No flood gauges, no warning: 99% of US streams are off the radar amid rising flash flood risks – we saw the harm in 2024

By Julie Arbit, Brad Bottoms, and Branko Kerkez, University of Michigan

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Flooding is one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters in the U.S., causing billions of dollars in damage each year.

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Probe of trespassing incidents in village leads to 11 charges against man

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An investigation into several incidents in the village of Blyth has led to 11 charges against a 27-year-old man, including trespassing at night and criminal harassment, Huron County OPP said. Police received information a person had trespassed and committed offences on several properties in the community about 20 kilometres east of Goderich between Saturday, Nov. […]

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I Speak for the fish: Sammy the red-nosed sucker

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I Speak for the fish: Sammy the red-nosed sucker

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of stop-motion animated film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, I Speak for the Fish columnist Kathy Johnson creates a whimsical remix of the classic holiday jingle. Check out her previous columns.

You know darters and daces and pickerel and gar
Catfish and chub and cisco and char
But do you recall
The most famous fish of them all?

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