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Staff at the Iowa Flood Center in Iowa City say they are preparing for potential flood risks later this year.

Experts from the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa are seeing an increased risk for flooding along the Mississippi river but will have to wait to gauge definitive risk for Iowa.

Officials from southwest Wisconsin and Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes attended a meeting of the Monroe County Climate Change Task Force on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Barnes, who leads the Wisconsin Climate Change Task Force, was there to learn about the local effort, and to discuss the plans of the state task force.

Dealing with ice and snow may be more immediate concerns for Iowans, but Witold Krajewski says it's not too soon to be thinking about sandbags and temporary flood barriers.

Climate change is contributing to more severe flooding in communities along the Mississippi River. In 2019, the Mississippi crested at its highest-ever recorded level in Davenport, Iowa, causing widespread damage in the city's downtown and reigniting a debate about how it should protect itself. NewsHour Weekend's Christopher Booker reports as part of our climate change series, "Peril & Promise."

In at least one respect, the floods that ravaged Iowa in 2008 are similar to the floodwaters that ravaged coastal Texas cities after Hurricane Harvey roared through in 2017. The natural disasters left both states grappling with how to rebuild and prepare for the next massive flood event.

Cities across the U.S. have seen unprecedented rainfall and flooding over the last several years, one of the most hard-hit communities in the state of Texas.

Around 30 delegates from state and federal agencies in Texas are spending their week at the Iowa Flood Center in Iowa City, learning how to protect their communities back home from devastating floods.

A delegation of Texas state officials visited the Iowa flood Center to learn more about ways to protect their state and apply some of the unique and innovative measures invented at the University of Iowa.