Standing amid cottonwood trees and a thicket of other vegetation, Jon Hansen looks out over a sunlight-dappled ribbon of crystal water running over a rocky bed. He’s standing on a site that until recently was filled with houses and mobile homes—properties that flooded six times in 20 years when the Cedar River spilled over its banks.
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Source: Phys.org