U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground recovers from monsoon damage

U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground recovers from monsoon damage

U.S. Army Yuma Proving (YPG) was inundated by a major monsoon in the overnight hours of Sept. 4. The post’s Walker Cantonment Area (WCA) received more than two inches of rain and was buffeted by 60 mile per hour wind gusts over the course of about an hour. In comparison, Yuma’s typical annual rainfall is approximately three inches. The major deluge did extensive damage to roads across the proving ground, with publicly-accessible Imperial Dam Roa…