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A surge from storms in Minnesota and Wisconsin sends the Mississippi River to flood in Iowa. ... river crested above major flood stage at 22.3 feet at Dubuque on Saturday, and remains in moderate ...
The rising Mississippi River tested flood defenses in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois as it neared forecast crests in the area Monday, driven by a spring surge of water from melting snow.
Chances of floods, heavy rainfall and severe weather are likely in Iowa on Monday and Tuesday. A flood watch starts at 10 p.m. Monday.
The Maquoketa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 150 miles (240 km) long, [2] in northeastern Iowa in the United States.Its watershed covers 1,694 square miles (4,387 km 2) [3] within a rural region of rolling hills and farmland southwest of Dubuque.
The Bee Branch Creek, formerly known as Couler Creek, is a tributary of the Mississippi River found in Dubuque, Iowa. The creek starts in the west of Dubuque before flowing into the Couler Valley and then into the downtown, flowing through multiple detention basins along the way. Due to the creek's involvement in many disasters, particularly ...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said water in some areas rose above records from 1993, a flood many in the Midwest remember as the worst of their lives. The flood have hit parts of Iowa, South Dakota ...
At Dubuque, Iowa, the Mississippi River was above flood stage for 85 days, eclipsing the previous record of 34 days set in 2011. [22] River stages at the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois were above major flood stage for 51 days exceeding the previous record of 31 days set in 2001. [23] The river remained above flood stage levels for over 96 ...
Graphics from this weekend's flooding show the extent of flooding in northwest Iowa. In Saturday's flooding, the Rock River in northwest Iowa exceeded its typical volume by more than 100 times.