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Plumes of floodwater pushed far out to sea during the 2022 floods. This image shows the Hunter River on April 11 2022. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory, CC BY-ND Over this wet summer, Melburnians and Sydneysiders have had to think twice about cooling off at their local beach. Heavy rainfall has swollen rivers and pumped pollutants, nutrients and murky fresh water far out to sea. Swimmers at Port Phillip Bay beaches are emerging…

A NASA image containing visible and infrared data revealing the presence of dissolved organic matter – including potential antibiotic-resistant pathogens – in the waterways along coastal North Carolina after Hurricane Florence. Credit: NASAResearch overturns previous beliefs about Salmonella contamination sources in North Carolina, pointing to rivers and streams instead of pig farms, and calls for revised disease control strategies.Researchers report in the journal Geohealth that local rivers and streams were the source…

Hello, it’s Monday, March 20, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today.TOP STORIES As storms drench California, a community fights to keep the water out When it rained for days and floodwaters poured onto roads, the people of Allensworth grabbed shovels and revved up tractors. The makeshift barriers they built with sandbags, gravel and loose sand kept the water back.Now, the town of nearly 600 northwest of Bakersfield faces another threat: a broken levee, along with yet another storm expected in a few days.…

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With torrential rains drenching California, state water regulators have endorsed a plan to divert floodwaters from the San Joaquin River to replenish groundwater that has been depleted by heavy agricultural pumping during three years of record drought.The State Water Resources Control Board approved a request by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to take more than 600,000 acre-feet from the river and send much of that water flowing to areas where it can spread out, soak into the ground and percolate down to the aquifer…

A man walks through a flooded street with his belongings in the Orlovista neighborhood following Hurricane Ian on October 1, 2022 in Orlando, Florida.Photo: BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP (Getty Images)Hurricane Ian hit Florida as category 4 storm in late September, bringing torrential rains and a storm surge that left much of coastal and central Florida underwater. But while the immediate dangers involved drowning and injuries, an invisible threat would soon sicken some people who came in contact with the water: flesh-eating…