Flooding

Midwest Levees Could Overflow If Massive Sandbagging Effort Fails

AP | MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home


GULFPORT, Ill. — The rising Mississippi River broke through a levee Tuesday, forcing authorities to rescue about a half-dozen people by helicopt...

Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations

AP | AMY LORENTZEN | Posted 06.21.2008 | Home


CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Rising water from the Cedar River forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital Friday after residents of more than 3,000 ho...

Widespread Flooding Forecast

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 07.30.2008 | Home


WASHINGTON — Government forecasters said Thursday that the floods washing over large parts of the Midwest are just a taste of things to come, wi...