Credit Air Force Tech. Sgt. Oscar Sanchez / US Department of Agriculture
Missouri river flooding in Sioux City, Iowa, South Sioux City, Nebraska, and Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, on June 8, 2011. Levees were built near homes to prevent the Missouri river from flooding properties.
The top military officer in charge of managing the Missouri River system says the agency needs help from states to improve its ability to predict water runoff.
On this bright spring morning at Blackbird Bend, along the Missouri River, the scene is a little odd. A 24-row corn planter is brushing over the tops of a stunning winter wheat crop, 12 inches high.
A report released today by the Army Corps of Engineers says that having more free space in reservoirs along the Missouri River would not have eliminated last year’s record floods.
Missouri experienced record flooding last year along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. But this year, experts say water levels are likely to return to normal.
