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In spring 2019, floodwaters spilled over the top of the Ditch 6 levee and submerged most of Hamburg, Iowa. There wasn t enough time to build the levee higher before the 2019 flood, like the Corps of Engineers did in 2011. Katie Peikes / Harvest Public Media
Originally published on April 13, 2021 12:28 pm
Levees protect people, towns, and agriculture from flooding. But two years ago, parts of the Missouri River and its tributaries reached record crests, and many levees failed. Now there’s a rare effort to build a levee higher to better defend one southwest Iowa town.
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Hamburg in southwest Iowa sits five miles from the Missouri River, sandwiched between it and the Nishnabotna River. Just outside of town, the Ditch 6 levee stretches for a mile and a half, shielding the town of 1,100 people from runoff from the Loess Hills to the north and east. Built in 1998, it also serves as a secondary line of defense for Hamburg’s industrial buildings and homes i
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You can’t see the forest for the trees and you can’t see the climate for the weather. It is cool in Iowa for April, so I guess we can bury our heads in the sand once more and pretend there is no climate problems.
Unfortunately there are plenty of climate problems. To underscore that, some news reporting has slowly started to favor the term “climate emergency” over the more well known “climate change” or “climate crisis.” Will the word emergency do anything to get some people, especially a certain American political party, to change their behaviors and do even a little to stop the looming crisis?
By Jason Taylor
IOWA - Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says a report from an environmental group is propaganda.
Naig made the comment after the group American Rivers listed the Raccoon River as one of the ten most endangered rivers in the country.
The head of Des Moines Water Works told the Iowa Capital Dispatch that the state faces a “catastrophe” if it doesn’t stop agricultural pollution in the Racoon River.
Plans are in place for a large-scale whitewater recreation spot where the Racoon and Des Moines rivers converge in Des Moines.
American Rivers listed the Raccoon River as the 9th most endangered river in the country in its annul rankings for 2021.