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Iowa Flood of 2008. The Iowa flood of 2008 was a hydrological event involving most of the rivers in eastern Iowa which began June 8 and continued until July 1. Flooding continued on the Upper Mississippi River in the southeastern area of the state for many more days. The phrase "Iowa's Katrina " was often heard.
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The 2007 Midwest flooding was a major flooding event that occurred in the Midwestern United States in the third week of August 2007. While Hurricane Dean was affecting the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico, and Tropical Storm Erin was affecting Oklahoma and Texas, a persistent ...
The Raccoon River is a 30.8-mile-long (49.6 km) [ 4 ] tributary of the Des Moines River in central Iowa in the United States. As measured using the longest of its three forks, its length increases to 226 miles (364 km). [ 4 ] Via the Des Moines River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The river runs through an intensely ...
Windom, a town of about 4,800 people, received 1.25 inches (3.2 centimeters) of rain on top of earlier heavy downpours, and the Des Moines River there had a record crest.
The flood between May and June was the second most severe flood in the lower Mississippi Basin since 1927. Red River Landing, Louisiana, reached the 4th highest crest of record at 60.52 feet (18.45 m) on June 5 and was flooded for 115 days. All bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway were opened for 35 days.
The Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa, meanwhile, called for similar action in 2019, when it introduced a $10 billion plan to decrease flooding in Iowa. The researchers said the ...
Polk County Emergency Management program assistant Brett McIntyre said the office is monitoring the projected flooding upstream on the Des Moines River in Fort Dodge and Humboldt but does not ...
A cluster of thunderstorms over Nebraska developed into a squall line over Iowa during the morning of June 18. This line swept eastward bringing 75 mph winds to Des Moines, Iowa and 60 mph winds to the Quad Cities. It continued across northern Illinois and extreme southern Wisconsin hitting Chicago at 1 pm bringing 70-80 mph winds to the city.