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Aerial photo of the Middle Cedar Wetland

Iowa Watershed Approach marks five years of success

Thursday, February 24, 2022
Under the guidance of regional watershed management bodies, 800 structures have been built across Iowa to reduce flooding and improve water quality.
Witek Krajewski poses for a photo in front of the Iowa River dam

7 Iowa faculty named AAAS fellows

Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Witold Krajewski is among seven University of Iowa faculty members who have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Portrait of Larry Weber

New interactive maps may help to save Iowans in flood-prone areas

Tuesday, January 25, 2022
The Iowa Flood Center is unveiling a new tool to help Iowans living along the Missouri River prepare for flooding.
The outside of the University of Iowa Flood center

UI Iowa Flood Center develops real-time flood information system

Thursday, January 20, 2022
The University of Iowa’s Iowa Flood Center has developed a free, web-based information system, the Missouri River Flood Information System, to aid communities around the Missouri River to assess flood risk around their homes and businesses.
Aerial photo of a town submerged in flood waters

Iowa Flood Center unveils flood information system

Friday, December 17, 2021
While KMAland is recovering from this week's disastrous storms, the memory of another calamity two-and-a-half years ago remains fresh.
MRFIS animation shows the flood inundation during the July 2011 flood

New tool from the Iowa Flood Center will help Missouri River communities prepare for flooding

Thursday, December 16, 2021
The Iowa Flood Center has developed a new technology to help communities better prepare for flooding along the Missouri River.

New Missouri River Flood Information System

Tuesday, December 14, 2021
After devastating flooding in 2011 and 2019 in southwest Iowa, the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) at the University of Iowa has developed the interactive Missouri River Flood Information System (MRFIS) to help the people of this region prepare for and reduce future flood risks.
Frederico Antolini poses for a portrait near the Iowa River

Flood attenuation techniques potentially more effective than dams

Sunday, November 7, 2021
University of Iowa graduate student Federico Antolini proposes small reservoirs like ponds could mitigate flooding better than dams.
Photo of Larry Weber

Weber receives American Water Resources Association award

Wednesday, November 3, 2021
University of Iowa Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Iowa Flood Center (IFC) co-founder Larry Weber has won the prestigious Integrated Water Resources Management Award, presented by the American Water Resources Association.
Aerial photo of flooding at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers

Towns hit by flooding get help from nonprofit creating wetlands along Mississippi River

Wednesday, October 27, 2021
From the Great Flood of 1993 to floods in the spring of 2019, communities in lowland areas adjacent to Midwest rivers and streams have borne the brunt of major weather events.