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The Rivers are Runnin' Low

By Mark Bevis on Wednesday, August 15, 2001.

THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HAS BEEN MONITORING 50 RIVERS THROUGHOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT.
AND THEY’VE FOUND THAT 34 HAVE LEVELS 50% LOWER THAN USUAL THIS TIME OF YEAR…
15 OF THEM ARE DOWN TO ONE THIRD OF NORMAL LEVELS.
THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY’S BRIAN MRAZIK (MER-RAZZ-ZIK) TOLD NHPR’S MARK BEVIS, THE CULPRIT HAS BEEN THE REGION’S HOT DRY SUMMER.

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