summer flooding News

Chronic Flooding in Iowa Town Forcing Residents Out

The southwest Iowa town of Hamburg may lose many of its roughly 1,100 residents after the summer-long flood along the Missouri River. Floodwaters have limited access to the town since June, and earlier this month ConAgra Foods announced it would …

With Wildfires Contained, Arizona Shifts to Thwarting Summer Floods

The biggest forest fire in Arizona history is all but contained, and authorities are shifting their focus to preventing massive flood damage as summer storms begin to hit. The specialized firefighting management teams that had battled the blaze in eastern …