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Iowa Flood Center
May 31, 2018
Predicting future floods
The next time communities are hit by a massive flood, researchers at the University of Iowa’s hydroscience and engineering department hope critical information could be reached with a quick ask of Alexa. That wasn’t the case in 2008. June 2018 marks 10 years since floodwaters devastated a number of northeast Iowa communities. At the time, Iowans could barely wait for the water to recede before recovery mode kicked in: Across
