Lake Cuyamaca provides municipal water to San Diego since 1888! In red, we can see the extent of this reservoir during the rainy winter 2016.
Nuisance flooding gets less media attention but can eventually cost more than extreme events. Read more. Here is a flooded road in College Station, TX following Harvey Hurricane (2017).
Reducing water conflict for food-energy production. Texas has the largest wind capacity installed in the US. The picture was taken in Abilene, TX.
The trail to an Oasis at Anza Borrego Desert State Park. The dead trees are the remaining of the 2004 flash flood (centennial flood).
Louisiana’s wetlands comprise a fragile ecosystem that covers more than 10,000 square miles! Here at Lake Martin, in Beau Bridges, LA.
Slot canyon shaped by the 100-years flood in 2004.
“Food grows where water flows” sign on the I-4 from Los Angeles to San Jose, CA. Agriculture is the first consuming industry of water in California, one of the largest exporting regions of food in the world. Droughts impact non-only local farmers but also further away from food consumers.
Monsoon storm in Arizona during Sunset. Monsoon storms in Arizona are often the causes of flash floods in this dry and hot environment.