In the meantime, the unnerving sight of normally placid stretches of the Kern River transformed into frothing rapids is generating rumors and tension up and down the Kern River. “There’s a lot of fear going around because people aren’t used to seeing so much water in the river,” s...
There has also been flash floods in the foothill town of Kernville, with the river, known locally as "killer Kern", continuing to rise. One Kernville local claimed the river has tripled in size overnight.No injuries have so far been reported, but evacuation orders are in place ...
flooding leads to the deposition of fine sediments enriched in trace metal(loid)s. Depending on their concentration, trace metal(loid)s can be a health hazard. Therefore, exposure of the local population to flood
flooding leads to the deposition of fine sediments enriched in trace metal(loid)s. Depending on their concentration, trace metal(loid)s can be a health hazard. Therefore, exposure of the local population to flood
The tool is applied and validated for Whatcom County, Washington, and includes a cross-shore profile model (XBeach) and overland flooding model (SFINCS) and is nested in a regional tide–surge model and wave model. Despite uncertainties in boundary conditions, hindcast simulations performed with...
Six years later, a network flow model called KCOM integrated both surface and subterranean water allocation for Kern County, CA, which allowed for thorough and extensive optimization of the water distribution network in the Kern County Water Bank [20]. Although mixed integer linear programming (...
In the STSP, the local government became the major promoter facilitating the development. The original Tainan County government experienced a long period of competition with other municipalities in southern Taiwan before the national government finally determined the location of the STSP. According to ...