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DAVENPORT, Iowa — Surveillance video captured at a business shows the moment a levee was breached in Davenport, Iowa, WQAD reports. Watch the upper left corner of the screen, at about 10 seconds ...
Environmental advocates are calling attention to the state of the Upper Mississippi River levee system, which was under pressure this past spring as… ...
DAVENPORT, IA (WKOW) — Newly-released video shows the moment a Mississippi River levee broke in Davenport, Iowa. The video comes from Roam, a restaurant on East River Drive, right along the river. A ...
A Mississippi River levee break. (FEMA photo) An environmental advocacy group is raising concerns about Iowa’s levees, some of which haven’t been assessed since 2016.
While Clinton’s current levee is 41 years old, the need for it goes back 57 years to when a Mississippi River flood crest of 24.85 feet — almost 9 feet above flood stage — arrived on April ...
The Mississippi River approached its highest level ever Monday, ... Mississippi River Flooding Hits Historic Levels, Tests Levee System May 9, 2011 6:03 PM EDT. Leave your feedback.
As a slow-moving crest works its way down the Mississippi River this week, flood-weary Iowans living along the water were doing their best to cope with the rising water. CNN values your feedback 1.
The state is holding a series of town hall meetings to discuss the condition of Iowa’s levees and other flood mitigation efforts. The meetings are being held by the Office of Levee Safety ...