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Federal money is coming to fix aging flood control systems – but plans all too often reflect historical patterns and not future risks

  • Written by Antonio Arenas Amado, Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University
Federal money is coming to fix aging flood control systems – but plans all too often reflect historical patterns and not future risksMississippi River flooding left parts of Davenport, Iowa, under water in May 2023.KC McGinnis/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

Heavy downpours and a thick snowpack in the Western mountains and Upper Midwest have put communities in several states at risk of flooding this spring – or already under water.

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