. And with climate change an ongoing threat, extreme weather events like this will likely be increasingly common in the future.Whitney Curtis / Whitney Curtis/for NBC News
Because of rain, changing temperatures and the speed at which the water arrived, many of the gravel roads farmers use here became impassable in the days leading up to the sudden deluge. Most who operate here were unable to save the soybean and corn bushels they’d kept in grain silos. With commodity prices currently at a record low due to a crop surplus and, some farmers had hoped that storing the crops until prices rose would earn them a few more cents per bushel.
Few can afford those kinds of losses in good years, but the waters have made an already grim situation increasingly dire. The flooding will affect farmers here for years. The Corps maintained that while there was risk of increased flooding by the change to its priorities around the Missouri River, it did not directly intend to cause flooding on their land and should not be held liable.
“I don’t think he wants to give up, but it’s going to be tough,” Ettleman said, wiping his eyes. “Young family and all that — we just don’t know.”U.S. military knew the flood risks at Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base, but didn't act in time They plan to make a lot of noise in Congress about their continued challenges because they feel they have no choice.
Multiple Hamburg residents openly questioned whether the town could survive this flood and said that they’d lost hope after they were unable to save an addition on their levee six years ago that kept floodwaters at bay in 2011. That part of the levee was dismantled by order of the Corps because it did not meet federal regulations and the town could not afford the $5.5 million price tag to get it there.
Weather manipulation, war against America. We come to the new world order.
What Trump couldn't just blink his eyes 👀, and wag his tail and make things better. This what happens when we refuse to see the truth that stands in front of us. God is sending us a message we're not listening 👂
Guess the Heartland should have voted more responsibly ThoughtsAndPrayers
Sure, Trump wants to develop a Trump International in North Korea - wouldn't want to antagonize Kim....right? Looking out for his kids and their futures.
Is it just me or does the term “river basin” not mean it will be flooded at some point?
Good thing that racist Rep. Steve King decided FEMA help is a bad thing, sucks to be you, Iowa!
What's her family's voting history?
I wonder how they would thrive should the Green New Deal became the plan? Would they need to L2C?
I pray that God will Help & Bless these people in the Midwest who are hurting from these high waters. But also in other places as well, where storms have affected many.
Global Warming by Trump.
Floodwaters have devastated farms and rural towns in the Midwest, forcing people in southwest Iowa to contend with difficult questions about their loyalty to a home they love and the unforgiving floodwaters that seem to strip them of their way of life with growing frequency (2/5)
Suck it up. There is no climate change. Trump and a senator with a snowball proved it.
Build better RiverLevees to channel waterways away from crops, fields, towns, etc...
yeah, well, that's the WELL KNOWN risk of buying river basis farmland it's cheaper, has the potential for high yield, but EVERYONE knows its a risk they gambled. they lost. it's sad, but they knew the risk they were taking.