STORY: :: June 28, 2024:: Chalco, Mexico:: Residents clean up after a swollen river sets off torrent of mud in Mexico:: “We are inundated. Everything is full of mud. All the neighbors are helping each ...

But there’s a problem: The river carries a hefty 55% of the sediment entering the reservoir, and that mud is piling up. The sediment-heavy river flows south into New Mexico before jogging into ...

It created Lake Powell Reservoir, which straddles Utah and Arizona, to ensure a water supply for the lower Colorado River basin states and Mexico. Over the past six decades, it has also become a ...