Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A surge from storms in Minnesota and Wisconsin sends the Mississippi River to flood in Iowa. ... shows the river crested above major flood stage at 22.3 feet at Dubuque on Saturday, and remains in ...
11.1 Dubuque. 11.2 Quad Cities. 11.3 Burlington. 12 Media ... The Iowa flood of 2008 was a hydrological event involving most of the rivers in eastern Iowa which began ...
The flood have hit parts of Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota. The water was so powerful that it pulled down a train bridge connecting North Sioux City, South Dakota, with Sioux City, Iowa.
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.
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 ...
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.
Record flooding and powerful tornadoes ravaged parts of Iowa for weeks this spring, destroying or damaging thousands of homes, closing roads and bridges and costing over $130 million in ...
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 ...