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Thousands of people displaced by Wednesday's flash floods are living in temporary relief camps, their homes either washed away by rivers or buried under silt and mud.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Volunteers are hoping to restore a seaside town's brook to its former glory by removing silt build-ups.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

He also raised concerns about whether fire damage would lead to increased erosion and the accumulation of silt in streams when rain storms arrive this winter.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Removing silt from these spots would increase the overall flow rate through the delta, allowing even more water retention in reservoirs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Imagine that all the bridges over the Seine have been buried in silt and lie de la Cite is just a slight bump on the landscape.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Premier Marinas, which owns Brighton Marina, has said dredging, which involves removing natural silts that settle in the marina basin, is needed to ensure safe navigation for boats.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025

The silts and sand are a "valuable local resource" that contractors and local governments use as fill material in residential and industrial projects, the Army Corps said.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 17, 2019

About 70% of the hull has survived, well-preserved in the Nile silts.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2019

Lake-clogging soil and silts are being loosed from newly deforested lands far upstream, and scientists also warn that climate change is upsetting Himalayan rainfall patterns.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2016

But Hess’s readings showed that the ocean floor offered anything but the gooey smoothness of ancient silts.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The system is also 70% silted or clogged after over a century of use, Mr Bonoan told news outlet ABS-CBN News.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025

Pocahontas is more of a peninsula than an island, thanks to a channel of the Appomattox River that silted up more than 100 years ago.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2023

But never have the lakes been silted as they are today,” says Simiyu.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2020

Malacca’s port, once one of the richest on earth, silted up, and the city became a historical footnote.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2020

With the tree and grass cover removed, erosion proceeded and valleys silted up, while irrigation agriculture in the low-rainfall environment led to salt accumulation.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

"In just a few years, the silting up of the bay has been stopped and we have restored the possibility of an island," Macron said.

From Reuters ● Jun. 5, 2023

Geographers had already noticed that rivers tend to avulse at the foot of mountains, where slopes change dramatically and sediment settles out, silting up the bed.

From Science Magazine ● May 13, 2021

Thanks to silting and reclamation in the tidal Liffey, Usher’s Island itself has for centuries been joined to the mainland.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2021

But he fears greater consequences if silting continues.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2018

Yes, everything was once water, but the Earth formed out of the oceans by a natural process—similar, he thought, to the silting he had observed at the delta of the Nile.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan