Flooding In The United States Midwest 2008
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Flooding In The United States Midwest 2008
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Author : Robert R. Holmes
language : en
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Release Date : 2010
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Flooding In The United States Midwest 2008
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Author : Robert R. Holmes
language : en
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Release Date : 2010
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The Midwest Floods
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
language : en
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Release Date : 2015
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A Hydroclimatic And Hydrologic Examination Of The 2008 Warm Season Midwest Flood Event
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Author : Shane A. Strope
language : en
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Release Date : 2010
A Hydroclimatic And Hydrologic Examination Of The 2008 Warm Season Midwest Flood Event written by Shane A. Strope and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Floods categories.
The Midwest Floods
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
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Central United States Flooding Of June 2008
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language : en
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Release Date : 2009
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Primed by greater-than-normal winter snow amounts in late 2007 and a generally wet spring in 2008, many locations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, and Wisconsin experienced record flooding in June 2008 following heavy rain from late May into early June. Major flooding occurred at many other locations in these states. Flooding also affected Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. ... In all, 143 National Weather Service (NWS) river forecast locations experienced major flooding, with 73 of these locations establishing records. Large areas of the central United States were devastated. The Federal Emergency Management Agency issued numerous Disaster Declarations. ... Although the 2008 flooding event was less severe than that in 1993, which brought devastating flooding to the area, significant portions of the region were hit much harder in 2008. The damage affected the lives and livelihoods of many people in many communities, sometimes catastrophically. Eleven people in six states lost their lives as a direct result of the flooding; eight of those deaths were vehicle related. Flooding inflicted major damage on residences, agriculture, businesses, public services, and transportation (Section 2). Reports indicate damages of more than $5 billion. Given the severity and wide geographic coverage of the flooding, the NWS formed a 10-member Service Assessment Team to evaluate NWS products and services during the event. The Service Assessment Team documented the event across the extensive geographic area affected. The team focused its on-site assessment of NWS products and services on Iowa as representative of overall products and services throughout the affected area. Flash flooding and severe weather were not part of the assessment. Areas of particular focus for the team included: usefulness of the tools and data in the forecast process; collaboration among the NWS, the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the forecast process; accuracy and effectiveness of service; and societal perceptions. ... From August 18-29, 2008, team members assessed damage areas and interviewed many people in Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois. Staff members of several NWS forecast offices and key customers and partners were interviewed, including local emergency management offices, flood and levee district offices, television stations, and commercial and institutional entities. Visits were also made to offices of the USGS and USACE.
Midwest Flooding Disaster
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language : en
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Release Date : 2008
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Historically, floods have caused more economic loss to the nation than any other form of natural disaster. In 1968, Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in response to rising flood losses and escalating costs resulting from ad-hoc appropriations for disaster relief. Federal flood insurance was designed to provide an alternative to federal disaster relief outlays by reducing the rising federal costs through premium collection and mitigation activities. The purchase of flood insurance was considered to be an economically efficient way to indemnify property owners for flood losses and internalize the risk of locating investments in the floodplains. Despite massive rainfall-river flooding in several Midwestern states along the upper Mississippi River and its tributaries in June 2008, damages for the most part are not expected to produce significant insured flood losses under the NFIP. This significant but not unprecedented flood event instead will likely cost several billions in uninsured damages that will probably remain uncompensated or be paid through federal emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief. A key lesson learned from the 1993 and 2008 Midwest floods is that many people believe that the government will provide them with economic assistance despite their lack of insurance. What then is the appropriate role of the federal government in dealing with ambiguous risks, where the insurance industry is reluctant to offer coverage and homeowners and businesses demonstrated a reluctance to purchase coverage, even when is it mandatory? This question is important for the long-term solvency of the NFIP and overall future costs to federal taxpayers. This report examines the impact of the 2008 Midwest floods on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in the context of congressional efforts to reauthorize and modify the program before its authorization expires on September 30, 2008. The report begins with an assessment of the risk of flooding in the United States and why Congress might move to rethink the current multifaceted approach to federal flood insurance. Members might, for example, opt to assess possible insurance requirements for individuals living behind levees, eliminate premium subsidization of certain "grandfathered" properties, expand the NFIP to offer coverage against both flood and wind damages, and consider undertaking a nationwide flood insurance study (FIS) and remapping of the nation's floodplains, including areas behind levees and other flood control structures. The report concludes with lessons learned from the 1993 and 2008 Midwest floods, and an analysis of the NFIP's current financial conditions and major policy issues, as well as a summary of legislative proposals -- H.R. 3121 and S. 2284 -- pending before the 110th Congress. The report will be updated as events warrant.
Midwest Floods Of 2008 In Iowa And Wisconsin
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language : en
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Release Date : 2009
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Midwest Floods Of 2008
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Release Date : 2008
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Unusually cool, wet spring weather followed by widespread June flooding across much of the Corn Belt has cast considerable uncertainty over 2008 U.S. corn and soybean production prospects. As much as 5 million acres of crop production may be either lost entirely or subject to significant yield reductions. Estimates of crop damage vary widely, and could change based on the extent of plant recovery or replanting. The likely impacts, however, cannot be estimated until August 12, when USDA survey data becomes available. Significant damage also was incurred by agricultural processing facilities, livestock operations, grain elevators and storage facilities, and transportation infrastructure. On June 30, 2008, USDA released preliminary estimates of U.S. crop area. Since most of the survey data were collected prior to the flooding, USDA reinterviewed a smaller sample of farmers in the flood-affected areas in late June to improve estimates of abandoned and harvested acres for flooded areas. The new data suggested that 87.3 million acres had been planted to corn and 74.5 million acres to soybeans. However, the data suggested that a larger than normal share of planted acres would be abandoned -- much of it in the prime growing areas of the Corn Belt. Thus, harvested area for corn and soybeans were projected at 78.9 million and 72.1 million acres, respectively. USDA plans to collect additional survey data on harvested acres in the affected region in mid-July, which will be available by August 12. On July 11, 2008, USDA forecast the national average corn yield at 148.4 bushels per acre, down 4% from the historical trend yield to account for the combined effect of slow planting progress, unusually slow plant emergence, and a lower share of harvested area in the higher-yielding Corn Belt due to the flooding. However, final yields may still vary widely based on the extent of replanting and growing conditions through the remainder of the growing season. Congress has appropriated nearly $480 million in emergency funding, primarily for conservation activities in flood-affected regions, as part of the FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 110-252). USDA is also committing resources to the flood-affected areas including rescue and clean up, food assistance, housing, community assistance, business assistance, and farmer and rancher assistance. In addition, USDA announced permission, on July 7, 2008, to use CRP land for grazing only in disaster and contiguous counties. In light of recent record high market prices for corn and soybeans, and the outlook for extremely tight supplies by late summer, commodity market prices are likely to remain volatile through the remainder of the growing season. If flood-related crop losses ultimately prove sufficiently large (to be determined at harvest time), they will likely contribute to higher commodity prices, thereby adding to pressure on policymakers over concerns about consumer food price inflation, international food aid availability, and the soundness of policy that dedicates commercial agricultural crops to biofuels production, particularly corn used for ethanol. This report will be updated as events warrant.
Disasters In Iowa
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Author : Source Wikipedia
language : en
Publisher: University-Press.org
Release Date : 2013-09
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Fires in Iowa, Natural disasters in Iowa, The Day the Music Died, Iowa flood of 2008, June 2008 Midwest floods, Mid-December 2007 North American Winter storms, United Airlines Flight 232, 2007 Midwest flooding, Great Storm of 1975, Early December 2007 North American winter storm, Great Flood of 1993, Halloween Blizzard, Breitbach's Country Dining, Delhi Dam, North American blizzard of 1999, Flood of 1851, Rockdale, Iowa, Green Mountain train wreck, Southern Great Lakes Derecho of 1991, 1997 Western Plains winter storms, Corn Belt derecho, Sans Souci Island, Iowa Flood of 2010. Excerpt: The Iowa flood of 2008 was a hydrological event involving most of the rivers in eastern Iowa beginning around June 8, 2008 and ending about July 1. Flooding continued on the Upper Mississippi River in the southeastern portion of the state for several more days. The phrase "Iowa's Katrina" was often heard. The flooding included (from north to south, east to west), the Upper Iowa River, the Turkey, and the Maquoketa Rivers; outside of the Driftless Area, they include the catchments of the Wapsipinicon River and that of the Iowa River, to include the latter's major tributary, the Cedar River (and its significant tributaries); and the Skunk River in its various forks. The Des Moines River had some minor flooding, but floodwalls and levees for the most part held fast. The Upper Mississippi River which receives the outflow from all these rivers remained at flood stage. The flooding of Cedar Rapids and Iowa City were the most significant events. Recovery in particular for Cedar Rapids is considered to be a protracted and costly affair. For Iowa City, the level of damage was less than expected, but that of Cedar Rapids was greater than anticipated. In Iowa City, the campus of the University of Iowa was vulnerable, and serious flooding did...