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The water at Utah Lake is already approaching "full" levels, according to the Department of Natural Resources, resulting in a need to open the control gates and release water downstream.

Thanks to last season's epic snowpack, the control gates at Utah Lake were opened Thursday to allow water to release downstream and potentially benefit the Great Salt Lake.

A large group of school children, most of whom were allegedly not wearing life jackets, had to be rescued from the Waikato River after attempting a popular...

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Taupō water incidents prompt police warning 22 Dec, 2020 02:19 AM 2 minutes to read Rotorua Daily Post Police have issued a safety warning after two water incidents in the Waikato River, Taupō, last week, including one in which a man died. On December 18, Taihape man Logan Ken Hughes, 18, died in hospital after trying to rescue a 12-year-old girl in trouble on the river. Senior Constable Barry Shepherd said Hughes courageously jumped in before getting into trouble in the water. Another person...

“The attempted rescue was an instinctive display of humanity. “We send our condolences to his relatives.” Bay of Plenty Police have issued a safety warning after the tragedy, one of two incidents in the Waikato River at Taupō. Two days earlier, a group of teens was swimming downstream from the Taupō Control Gates Bridge. The group split up, and due to confusion and miscommunication, it was thought that one of them had got into difficulty. That prompted a full-scale search involvin...