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.

University of Iowa graduate student Federico Antolini proposes small reservoirs like ponds could mitigate flooding better than dams.

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.

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.

Iowa’s Board of Regents on Thursday unanimously approved, without discussion, a request for $20.3 million more in state funding for the next budget year, including the first increase in five years for University of Iowa special purpose units like the State Hygienic Lab and Iowa Flood Center.

On this episode of River to River, Iowa Public Radio’s Katie Peikes reports on the flooding of the Turkey and Wapsipinicon Rivers, a resident of Elkader details the damage and a flood expert explains how this event happened during a drought.

The Iowa Flood Center has an interactive tool for the public to use to keep an eye on rivers statewide.

Recent storms in northern Iowa have led to threats of flooding, and the University of Iowa has a new tool that can update river levels in minutes.

University of Iowa President Barb Wilson spoke to reporters during a media availability at the C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory in Iowa City, Iowa.