Extreme Storms Are Extreme Eroders

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

The storm that swept across the Rockies in September 2013 unleashed huge amounts of sediment downstream, doing the work of a century of erosion.

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The 2013 floods caused massive damage, including to this road near Jamestown, Colorado. (Credit: Steve Zumwalt/FEMA)