‘Breaches Everywhere’: Flooding Bursts Midwest Levees, and Tough Questions Follow – The New York Times
Credit: Tim Gruber.
Article Synopsis – Severe flooding from rainstorms in the midwest has led to dozens of levee breaches across hundreds of miles of roads and farmlands. “The devastation to the levees has left much of the Midwest with nothing to hold back the waters from even a relatively minor flood.” Flooding in the area is only expected to get worse as climate change ushers in longer and more frequent rainstorms. To read the actual article click here.