River Drops, So Do Worries About Flooding
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River Drops, So Do Worries About Flooding
The Rio Grande continues to recede in Presidio and as it does, worries about flooding are easing.
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(September 23, 2008)--The Rio Grande continues to recede in Presidio after the town faced the threat of massive flooding for more than two weeks.

Presidio County attorney Ron Ponton said the level of the river has dropped to about 22 feet, from a high of nearly 29 feet a week ago.

The river rose out of its banks before filling a wide channel between a pair of earthen levees that help mark the U.S./Mexico border.

The flooding was caused by weeks of torrential summer rains that filled lakes and reservoirs in Mexico, forcing Mexican officials to release water from the Luis Leon Reservoir.
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