flooding

People have lived along the Mississippi River and its tributaries for millennia, but levee systems built in response to past disasters aren't designed for the newest risk: increased rainfall caused by climate change.

Repeated flooding in some communities pushed residents to move to higher ground. But getting the resources and buy-in isn't easy, even in towns where residents have been flooded again and again.

Much of the Mississippi River basin is getting wetter, according to a new analysis of federal data, while rainfall events are becoming more intense. At the same time, the western half of the U.S. is increasingly prone to drought.

The city of Hornick broke ground on a berm on Thursday evening. The community hopes the structure will prevent damaging floods — like the one in 2019 that devastated the town.

Natural disasters transform the landscape. Listen back to River to River's conversation with residents of Waterloo, Davenport and Cedar Rapids as they reflect on work to adapt their towns for a future of more intense, more frequent floods.

The research identifies which of Iowa's agricultural acres are at the greatest risk of recurrent flooding.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects western Iowa’s drought condition to persist and little chance of flooding.

Natural disasters transform the landscape. Residents of Waterloo, Davenport and Cedar Rapids reflect on work to adapt their towns for a future of more intense, more frequent floods.

Ben Kieffer and his guests examine how flooding has impacted parts of northeastern Iowa and a conversation with Afghanistan veteran Major Justin Foote of Council Bluffs.

Parts of northeast Iowa are dealing with flooding from rivers that swelled because of last week’s heavy rains.