Missouri River flooding gets worse
June 1, 2011
A story in today's Omaha World-Herald describes the
rising floodwaters threatening the town of
Sloan, Iowa, as well as many other communities and facilities, including the
Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station, located about
20 miles upstream from Omaha. The worst part of the story is that
the floods are going to get much worse long before they get better. The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors -- whose county includes Sloan as well as Sioux City -- have made an
emergency allocation of $200,000 to help with flooding costs.
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last revised June 2011