Flooding in US Midwest likely to last until next week
Four people are already dead, with damages so far estimated at $1bn
Atlanta — The flooding that devastated the US Midwest is likely to last into next week, as rain and melted snow flow into Kansas, Missouri and Mississippi, the National Weather Service said. Floods driven by melting snow in the Dakotas will persist even as Nebraska and Iowa dig out from storms that have killed four people, left one missing and caused more than $1bn in damage to crops, livestock and roads. “It’s already not looking good downstream for the middle and lower Mississippi and Missouri Rivers into Kansas, Mississippi and Missouri,” Bob Oravec, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s (NWS) weather prediction centre, said early on Wednesday. The floodwaters have inundated a swathe of Iowa and Nebraska along the Missouri River, North America’s longest. Half of Iowa’s 99 counties have declared states of emergency. “That snow pack is still there and it’s going to keep melting, and that’s bad news,” Oravec said. About 2.5cm of rain is predicted for Saturday in the re...
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