Cost of Buying Out Flood-Prone Homes: $5B and Rising May 28, 2019 By David A. Lieb About the photo: This June 14, 2008 file photo shows floodwaters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Weeks after the latest massive...
Unceasing Midwest Rains Add to Wettest 12 Months Ever for U.S. May 24, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The rain across the Midwest and Great Plains that’s closed refineries, flooded streets and snarled Mississippi River traffic shows no...
Violent Weather Kills 3 in Missouri, Floods Rivers in Oklahoma May 23, 2019 A relentless barrage of violent weather in the central United States left three people dead on Thursday, local media said,...
Another Storm Takes Aim at Southern Great Plains May 22, 2019 By Rich McKay More than 30 tornadoes struck on Monday and Tuesday from Texas, Oklahoma and across the southern plains into Missouri, said...
Storm-and-Twister Threat Moves Into Arkansas-Missouri Farm Belt May 21, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The heavy rain, high winds and hail that swept across the southern Great Plains is now headed to Arkansas and...
Floods Stall Fertilizer Shipments in Latest Blow to U.S. Farmers April 25, 2019 By Karl Plume CHICAGO — Farm supplier CHS Inc has dozens of loaded barges trapped on the flood-swollen Mississippi River near St. Louis...
Midwest Floods Hammer Ethanol Industry, Push Gasoline Prices to 5-Year High April 8, 2019 By Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly The March floods that punished the U.S. Midwest have trapped barrels of ethanol in the country’s interior, causing shortages of...
Record U.S. Flood Threat to Last Through Spring March 22, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The deluge that devastated so much of the Midwest over the last week could be a preview for one of...
Devastating Nebraska Floods Threaten to Stretch into the South March 20, 2019 BROWNVILLE, Neb. — Emergency officials in Southern U.S. states kept a wary eye on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers as...
`Recipe for Flooding’ Threatens Great Plains Wheat on Red River March 20, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan and Michael Hirtzer As the Midwest recovers from record flooding, cities and towns along the Red River in Minnesota, North Dakota and Canada...