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Climate Change

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Resources and Links

NOAA Atlas 14-Precipitation Tracking and Trends. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center

U.S. Global Change Research Program

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials: Transportation and Climate Change Resource Center

Minnesota Climatology Working Group

Federal Highway Administration

U.S. Department of Transportation

Initiative for Climate Action Transparency

NCHRP Report 750: Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and the Highway System

Minnesota Historic Flooding: 2010 and 2012

Flooding Rains in Northeast Minnesota: June 19-20, 2012. Minnesota Climatology Working Group

Anatomy of the 2012 Duluth flood-one year later. MPR Updraft, June 19, 2013

Historic Duluth and Northland Flooding 19-20 June, 2012. NOAA

Heavy Rainfall – September 22-23, 2010. Minnesota Climatology Working Group.

MnDOT Articles and Resources

MnDOT Hwy 5 Bridge Rehabilitation Project

September flooding causes $64 million in damage. MnDOT Newsline, Oct. 13, 2010. (PDF)

Heavy rains wallop northeastern Minnesota. MnDOT Newsline, June 20, 2012. (PDF)

Recovery, repairs continue after northeastern Minnesota floods. MnDOT Newsline, July 11, 2012. (PDF)