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Towns along the Mississippi River are no strangers to severe storms and flooding. But 2019 flooding took Davenport by surprise. Cars floated. People were evacuated. Is it ready for the next flood?
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Davenport is preparing for high water on the Mississippi River. In its second Spring Flood Outlook, the Quad Cities National Weather Service says the risk is "well above normal."
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Controversial LGBTQ-related education legislation — similar to measures seen in Republican-controlled states across the country — is going through the Iowa Statehouse this session.
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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.
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Barges are moving along the Mississippi River much more slowly and with lighter loads as they try to get corn and soybean harvest to ports.
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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.
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When countries like China buy soybeans and grain, that journey might start in a port in the land-locked state of Oklahoma. Farmers in states like Kansas...
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The risk of major flooding this spring is above normal along the Mississippi River, but it looks better than it did a couple weeks ago according to a new…
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The U.S. Geological Survey is expanding its network of water quality sensors to include a first-of-its-kind mobile sensor – that will cruise the…
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An artistic couple who are largely running and biking their way along the length of the Mississippi River passed through LeClaire Friday. The trek from…