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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued the following... WHAT...Air Quality Health Advisory for Blowing Dust. WHERE...Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Cheyenne, El Paso, Fremont, Kiowa, Pueblo, Custer, Prowers, Otero and Huerfano Counties. Locations include, but are not limited to Kiowa, Burlington, Limon, Cheyenne Wells, Colorado Springs, Canon City, Eads, Pueblo, Westcliffe, Lamar, La Junta and Walsenburg. WHEN...300 PM Thursday April 17 to 900 PM Thursday April 17 IMPACTS...Strong winds are producing blowing dust in southeast Colorado. Dust is expected to decrease Thursday night as winds subside. HEALTH INFORMATION...Public Health Recommendations: If significant blowing dust is present and reducing visibility to less than 10 miles across a wide area, People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children in the affected area should reduce prolonged or heavy indoor and outdoor exertion.
Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the reporting a streamflow rate of cfs. This is also the highest stage along the Choptank River, with a gauge stage of ft at this location. This river is monitored from 1 different streamgauging stations along the Choptank River, the highest being situated at an altitude of ft, the .
The Choptank River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay and the largest river on the Delmarva Peninsula. Running for 71 miles (114 km), it rises in Kent County, Delaware, runs through Caroline County, Maryland and forms much of the border between Talbot County, Maryland on the north, and Caroline County and Dorchester County on the east and south. It is located north of the Nanticoke River and its mouth is located south of Eastern Bay. Cambridge, the county seat of Dorchester County, and Denton, the county seat of Caroline County, are located on its south shore.
Its watershed area in Maryland is 1,004 square miles (2,600 km2), of which 224 square miles (580 km2) is open water, so it is 22% water. The predominant land use is agricultural with 418 square miles (1,080 km2), or 48% of the land area.
The $155 million Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa & Marina is situated on the east shore in Cambridge, MD. Completed in 2002, the resort is the only of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic United States. However, Hyatt has been struggling to make bond payments on the property.
