Articles Tagged: Flooding

University of Iowa researcher Kate Giannini is using a Fulbright award to explore new flood planning tools with global scientists, aiming to bring them back to Iowa

The state says nearly 800 housing units or families were assisted by the funding after more than 5,000 homes were impacted by natural disasters in 2024.

Several rounds of expected storms beginning Saturday evening through Monday morning are expected to drop widespread 3 to 5 inch rain totals, The National Weather Service predicts.

Following the deadly July Fourth flash flooding in central Texas, The Gazette spoke with Johnson County Emergency Management Coordinator Dave Wilson about emergency communications and how people can prepare themselves for natural disasters.

Communities across Wisconsin are testing the economic value of grant programs to build new wetlands that reduce flooding risk. In the upper Midwest, researchers found that wetlands save nearly $23 billion a year that would otherwise be spent combating floods.

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow.

A line of storms is expected to move through Eastern Iowa Friday. Despite that, experts say dry soil and lower water levels in the state’s rivers and streams should mitigate any flood risks and runoff.

The potential for flooding events in the region has decreased even more in the past two weeks, the National Weather Service’s Quad Cities Bureau says

More snow on the way to Eastern Iowa on Friday and Saturday.

Act allows flood control studies and projects along the river, including in Iowa

While conventional indemnity insurance requires insured owners to prove specific losses by amassing evidence and presenting pre-storm documentation, under this new pilot insurance model, called parametric insurance, payouts would happen after agreed-upon “triggers” — such as wind speeds or river heights — reach a certain level.

‘No free lunch’ as disasters multiply, insurers drop policies

A report from the Iowa State Auditor’s Office says city officials from Hamburg, Iowa guided flood relief funds to themselves and family members after the 2019 flooding that devastated the small community.

Also, Gov. Reynolds’ latest proclamation designed to help Sioux County schools recovering from flooding

Also, Gov. Reynolds issues disaster proclamation for five Iowa counties in response to Monday's derecho