Published 1 year ago

Trouble along the Mississippi River as the spring snowmelt drives near-record flooding

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The past snow season's bountiful snows across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest is now melting. The meltwaters are straining the river systems that drain the area. Mississippi River levels are predicted to reach the 3rd-highest level on the books at Davenport.

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The Washington Post

Recently parched Mississippi River faces major floods as record snows melt

Major flood stages, the second-highest on record in some spots, stretch from Minnesota and Wisconsin to Iowa and Illinois.

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Trouble along the Mississippi River as the spring snowmelt drives near-record flooding

Chalk up what's going on along stretches of the Mississippi River to another of the myriad impacts of this past winter and early spring's parade of ATMOSPHERIC RIVER STORMS off the Pacific--storms which then swept across the country unleashing mega snowfalls and, in their warm sectors, severe weather. Per cent of average snow over the 2022-23 season to date courtesy of the NOAA Midwestern Regional Climate Center at Purdue UniversityNOAA MIDWES…

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