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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.

Human-induced climate change is posing an ever-greater threat to our future. So what are we going to do about it?

The Iowa Flood Center is creating technology that will forecast Missouri River flooding and model how it could affect individual homes, businesses and farms. Scientists hope the tech will better inform and prepare people for flooding.

Levees protect people, towns, and agriculture from flooding. But two years ago, parts of the Missouri River and its tributaries reached record crests,...