The House passed a bill Wednesday to create and implement a statewide, 30-year resilience plan to protect state life, property and other assets in the event of a flood or other water-related disaster. Rep. John Wills, R-Spirit Lake, said the legislation was a “visionary bill” that “redefines” how the state protects itself from “floods, droughts and shifting water supplies.”

A University of Iowa research engineer has invented a custom physics-based approach for measuring the flow in rivers and streams, which could benefit applications ranging from design of structures to flood warnings to resource management.

The Iowa Flood Center would have to develop a statewide flood resiliency plan by the end of 2027 under a bill eligible for debate in the Iowa House.

Statewide Iowa (RI) — The Iowa Flood Center would have to develop a statewide flood resiliency plan by the end of 2027 under a bill eligible for debate in the Iowa House.

Kate Giannini spent a lot of her youth in Iowa City outdoors, playing in creeks and exploring nature. In high school and college, she enrolled in environmental classes and found inspiration to pursue the sciences. That led Giannini to her current job as program manager for the Iowa Flood Center — IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering in the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering. There, she works to enhance flood resilience across the state.

On Tuesday, Dr. Larry Weber made a presentation to the Committee of Flooding of the West Virginia Legislature titled, “Artificial Intelligence and Its Use in Flood/Stream Monitoring.”

Lawmakers on the Joint Legislative Committee on Flooding learned Tuesday the state has distributed close to $90 million for recovery efforts after February flooding in southern counties.

To create the world's most sophisticated flood monitoring and forecasting system, the US State of Iowa's Flood Centre (IFC) uses more than 200 Senix ToughSonic 30 and ToughSonic 50 ultrasonic sensors to measure water levels in streams across the state.

Since joining IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering in 2013, Felipe Quintero quickly became a key contributor advancing research and education in support of the Iowa Flood Center (IFC).

The bill President Donald Trump signed on November 12 to end the longest federal government shutdown includes $16 million for designated projects in Iowa, according to Bleeding Heartland’s analysis of a Senate Appropriations Committee report.