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Adequate Flood Storage in the Missouri River Basin

Adequate Flood Storage in the Missouri River Basin

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The Corps of Engineers is predicting another below normal runoff year for the Missouri River basin.

Mike Swenson with the Corps in Omaha says they have set winter water releases from dams on the river…..

Swenson says their water storage is well below normal….

Swenson says power produced at the dams is projected below normal again this year…

Flows from Gavins Point Dam have been adjusted up and down due to a twenty-mile ice jam just above Omaha.

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