Stories Tagged "rivers"
Floodwaters Rising after Storms Deluge Heartland
posted on April 19, 2013 at 9:57 AM
CHICAGO (AP) -- Volunteers worked into the night to stack sandbags against rising Midwest floodwaters and evacuate people in its path - or rescue those already under water - after a powerful spring storm system unleashed downpours from Oklahoma to...
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Market to Market (January 18, 2013)
posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:49 PM
2012 was 10th driest Illinois
posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:13 PM
2012 was Illinois' 10th driest year. Illinois Radio Network reports that Illinois averaged just more than 30 inches of rainfall across the state - about 10 inches below normal.
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Lake Erie Rivers Good Asian Carp Habitat
posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:34 AM
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A federal study says Lake Erie andsome rivers flowing into it would offer ideal habitat for unwantedAsian carp. The U.S. Geological Survey says the Maumee, Sandusky and Grandrivers have...
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Huge fish spurs call to 're-reverse' Chicago River
posted on August 19, 2011 at 12:47 PM
The city was in a predicament. By the late 1800s, the slow-moving Chicago River had become a cesspool of sewage and factory pollution oozing into Lake Michigan, the source of drinking water for the bustling metropolis.
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MT governor backs out of flood meeting
posted on August 19, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Governors from several states affected by this year's historic overflowing of the Missouri River were gathering Friday to discuss ways to avoid a repeat of the destructive floodwaters that submerged thousands of acres of farmland and forced...
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Ag Secretary Questions Corps on Missouri Flooding
posted on July 8, 2011 at 2:07 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is taking the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to task for its handling of the Missouri River, which has flooded thousands of acres of farmland in seven states.
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Market to Market (June 24, 2011)
posted on June 24, 2011 at 7:58 PM
Flooding fears from Minot to Missouri
posted on June 24, 2011 at 4:06 PM
Market to Market (June 17, 2011)
posted on June 17, 2011 at 11:15 PM
Missouri River Residents Wait For Water Levels To Rise
posted on June 17, 2011 at 4:06 PM
Market to Market (June 10, 2011)
posted on June 10, 2011 at 7:05 PM
Flood preparation along the Missouri River
posted on June 10, 2011 at 3:06 PM
Wild west weather as snow melts, dams filling, floods feared
posted on June 3, 2011 at 3:06 PM
GRAND COULEE DAM, Wash (AP) - The giant concrete dams of the Pacific Northwest are overflowing with water.
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Late Storms Add to Historic Flood Worries in West
posted on May 20, 2011 at 3:05 PM
ALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Late winter storms are packing a punch to the Rockies, piling snowpack on top of already record levels across the West where officials are concerned about historic flooding, avalanches and mudslides.
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