Iowa flood forecast: Mostly "near normal"
March 5, 2009
The National Weather Service office in Des Moines has issued its regular
spring flooding outlook, which gives most of the rivers and streams in the forecast area a "near normal" risk for flooding this spring. If the forecast holds, then it should be a far better year than 2008, which involved some of the worst flooding Iowa has ever encountered. Many
stormwater controls, like dams, dikes, levees, and
pumping systems, still need a lot of repair and upgrade work after last year.
last revised March 2009