Midwest Flooding – Collection of Links
Press Releases
ARkStorm: California’s other ‘Big One’
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For emergency planning purposes, scientists unveiled a hypothetical California scenario that describes a storm that could produce up to 10 feet of rain, cause extensive flooding (in many cases overwhelming the state’s […]
Available Resources
USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer
Esri announced earlier this summer that they were making over 175,000 historical maps from the USGS available online. The maps are available to anyone to view online using their web map viewer. Or ArcGIS online […]
Failures
Iowa asks FEMA to reconsider Lake Delhi decision, repair estimate $6M
Part of the dam collapsed in July during flooding by the Maquoketa River, draining a nine-mile lake. FEMA officials decided the dam wasn’t elligible for federal emergency funding because it is owned by a private […]