Too much water. The Great Lakes are at record high levels this year, causing flooding and sandy beaches on the lake shores to simply disappear under water. ht

Too much water. The Great Lakes are at record high levels this year, causing flooding and sandy beaches on the lake shores to simply disappear under water. https://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Missions/Great-Lakes-Information/Great-Lakes-Water-Levels/Water-Level-Forecast/Weekly-Great-Lakes-Water-Levels/ https://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Missions/Great-Lakes-Informat... The St. Lawrence river discharges approx. 16,800 m^3 a second of freshwater from the Great Lakes. However re-diverting the water to areas outside the watershed are would require an international compact between the U.S. and Canada and the various sovereign Indian territories to allow for it to happen.