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Widespread Flooding in Upper Midwest Decimates Farm Towns Rain came when farmers needed it most, but it came at a catastrophic rate, destroying crops and shaking communities. insideclimatenews.org
Heavy rain beginning June 20 has caused flooding in northern Iowa, southern Minnesota, eastern Nebraska, eastern South Dakota and Wisconsin. Over the three days from June 20 to June 22 alone, some areas of the Midwest received more than 18 inches of rain. In Iowa, rivers rose to higher levels than the infamous flood of 1993, which killed 50 people. That disaster was considered a 350-year flood, which would put the chances of it happening in any given year at 0.3 percent. As the climate changes, floods are becoming more and more common, making agriculture in farming towns here a more tenuous proposition.
CATASTROPHIC FLOODING AT THE FARM! (Southwestern Minnesota)
