31.   Most of the dairy farms in the area depend on ponds to catch runoff from melting snows, but last winter saw hardly any snow, he said.

32.   Near-record floods caused by rain and melting snow struck both the Northeast and Northwest in January and February.

33.   Next spring, this melting snow linked to the tropics will trickle down from the high Sierra into reservoirs.

34.   On Saturday night, melting snow and ice will combine with the downpours to heighten the risk of flash flooding from northern Ohio to Pennsylvania.

35.   Rapid run-off from melting snow combined with cracking river ice to create a recipe for flooding.

36.   Roofers and contractors were not the only beneficiaries of the melting snows.

37.   Songbirds flitted from tree to tree, and tiny winter stoneflies crawled around on melting snow.

38.   Spring announced its arrival by crocuses and croquet balls thrusting upward through gray melting snow.

39.   That destabilizes the thin arctic soil and results in erosion by melting snow, spring rains and wind.

40.   The dams capture the peak summer flows from melting snow and glaciers, and release the stored water through turbines during the winter to provide electricity.