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Source: UNEP Bangkok/Ha Noi, 15 December 2009 - Climate change will have serious consequences for Viet Nam's Mekong and Red River Deltas--two key rice and agricultural producing areas in the countryunless ...
Warmer winters, wetter springs and more flooding along riverfront communities in Illinois may become the norm, according to Wes Jarrell. “The time for debate about global warming is over,” he said. “It’s not a matter of opinion. It’s a...
It's an enduring image from southeast Minnesota's 2007 floods:Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand juggling three cell phones thatwere ringing because his radios weren't working.
MOORHEAD, Minn., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Leaders of Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., are moving to support a $962 million flood control plan for the Red River, observers say.
When disaster struck in 1997 and the Spring Creek Flood killed five Fort Collins residents, CSU climatologist Nolan Doesken felt he could have potentially saved lives by getting a warning out sooner.
On MormonTimes.com:As National Guard members in North and South Dakota battled rising waters near Jamestown, N.D., earlier...
People in Fargo and Moorhead have a $962 million plan for easing flooding from the Red River of the North: Just dig another river.
Close to 150 people showed up to the single Canadian meeting in Morris on Nov. 19, part of a Red River Basin Commission project to study long term flood solutions.
Officials are pulling the plug on a $1.5 million project they had hoped would show that irrigation might be part of the solution to Devils Lake flooding. But they are floating hope that a similar project outside the basin might succeed. A
Warmer winters, wetter springs and more flooding along riverfront communities in Illinois may become the norm, Wes Jarrell says. "The time for debate about global warming is over," he said. "It’s not a matter of opinion; it’s a matter of fact. Climate changes are already occurring in the Midwest."
Late-fall rains in the Red River Valley have kept groundwater conditions overly wet heading into the winter, which could affect spring flooding.
