Posts Tagged ‘PBS – Weather’
Farm Runoff in Mississippi River Floodwater Fuels Dead Zone in Gulf
A dead zone -- already the size of the state of New Jersey -- is growing in the ...
PBS Video: All Eyes on Mississippi River Levees, Spillways as Flood Tensions Continue
Listen to the AudioCrews filled sandbags and shored up levees along the Mississippi River as enormous volumes of water surged south. Jeffrey Brown takes a closer look at the levee and floodgate system with the Association of State Floodplain Managers' ...
Mississippi Flooding Hits Memphis, Heads Toward Weary New Orleans
Low-lying areas of Memphis, Tenn., have been flooded by the rising Mississippi River, forcing evacuations, but engineers said ...
As Mississippi Rises, Historian Discusses ‘Great Flood’ of 1927
A flooded power plant at Oswego, Kansas, on the Neosho River on April 23, 1927 (National Oceanic and ...
FEMA Chief Fugate on Challenges of Widespread Storm Recovery Needs
Listen to the AudioThe Army Corps of Engineers is considering whether to blow up more levees along the Mississippi River after destroying a Missouri levee to save an Illinois town. Judy Woodruff talks with Federal Emergency Management Agency Chief Crai...
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