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Dutch ecologist and dike designer Mindert de Vries stands on top of one of the new "soft" dikes being built near the Rhine River delta city of Dordrecht. Dutch innovations in flood control are helping reduce the adverse effects of older dike technologies.

With the waters rising, the Dutch find eco-friendly ways to keep them at bay

Environment

With hundreds of years of experience behind them, the Netherlands are still pioneering ways to protect its communities from flooding. And as climate change makes flooding more of a global concern, other countries are paying attention to Dutch innovations.

Midwest deals with rising water, record-setting floods in some areas

Global Politics

California scientists look close to home to change understanding of risk assessment

Environment

Assessing the costs of the Iowa floods

Business, Economics and Jobs

Historic Floods Ravage North Dakota

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Traffic Jam on the Mississippi

Flooding on the Mississippi River could cost the U.S. economy millions. The Mississippi River is a major highway of commerce, but the recent flooding has forced the Coast Guard to carefully monitor barge traffic. On a 15-mile stretch of the river, barges can only pass one at a time and at the slowest speed possible. […]

Re-engineering the Mississippi River to Reduce Floods and Bring Back Big Fish

The record floods and the levee breach designed to protect a town have “Four Fish” author Paul Greenberg thinking we might want to reconsider our engineering of the mighty Mississippi.

Mississippi Delta Prepares for More Flooding

Environment

All along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, people are packing up as the flood waters continue to rise, endangering their fields, their homes and their lives. Joining us is George Sills, a geotechnical engineer.

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**New** Big Floods, Big Explosion Along Mississippi River

The record floods and the levee breach designed to protect a town have “Four Fish” author Paul Greenberg thinking we might want to reconsider our engineering of the mighty Mississippi.

Missouri: Flooding Farmland to Save a Town

The Army Corps of Engineers blew up a section of a Mississippi River levee to try to protect an Illinois town from rising flood waters. As a result, nearly 130-thousand acres of Missouri farmland were flooded. Amanda Jones lives in Dexter, MO. She says that her main concern is the explosives that are being used […]

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