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Absorbing El Niño? New map shows farmlands to divert floods
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Oct 30, 2015
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Absorbing El Niño? New map shows farmlands to divert floods
Climate scientists are cautioning us - even a big, wet El Nino winter might not put an end to our drought. And the heavy rainfall can bring another problem - floods.
A worker inspects cabernet sauvignon wine grapes at the Stags' Leap Winery September 27, 2004 in Napa, California. The 2004 California wine harvest kicked off during the last week of July, at least two weeks ahead of schedule due to unusually warm weather at the beginning of March, which triggered budbreak in a majority of vineyards throughout California.
Grapes are one crop UC Davis soil researcher Toby O'Geen says can benefit from flood diversions.
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Climate scientists are cautioning us - even a big, wet El Nino winter might not put an end to our drought. And the heavy rainfall can bring another problem - floods.

Climate scientists are cautioning that even a big, wet El Niño winter might not put an end to California's drought. And the heavy rainfall can bring another problem — floods.

KPCC's Deepa Fernandez spoke to Toby O'Geen of UC Davis, whose lab developed a map to pinpoint farmland that could directly benefit from flood diversions.