Severe storms could cause new flooding
April 5, 2010

The National Weather Service notes that there is a considerable risk of severe weather in Iowa and eastern Nebraska today. A significant risk of hail exists, along with chances for tornadoes -- but the heavy rain that could fall might cause saturated soils to build runoff and lead to both flash flooding and river flooding.

The time to prepare for flood risks is long before the actual storm. Municipalities should check their flood-control pumps to make sure they're working, exercise their flood-control gates to make sure they'll close when needed, and ensure that flood-control measures like portable water-filled dams are ready to deploy on short notice.

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