Flooding is on the rise in the Midwest, and we’re totally unprepared

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By James WestFeb 10, 2015, 3:59 pm28 pts
This story was reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Midwest is no stranger to devastating floods. Last summer, the region was inundated with two month’s worth of rainfall in just one week, submerging farms and killing crops. Torrential downpours following a drought in Illinois in…

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Flooding is on the rise in the Midwest, and we’re totally unprepared

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