Midwest Floods Visible From Space
June 20 | Geology.com Flooding continues in the Midwest United States with some rivers being above flood stage for over two straight weeks. Satellite images of Iowa, Illinois....
Flooding in Iowa and the Midwest
June 13 | Geology.com During the last two weeks Iowa and much of the Midwest has been hit with one heavy storm after another. Some areas have received....
Heavy Rain, Tornadoes and Flooding in the Midwest
June 10 | Earth Observatory Severe storms with high winds, hail, tornadoes and very heavy rain hit the US midwest this weekend. Up to 11 inches of rain caused....
Illinois Basin: Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas
September 10 | USGS USGS has completed an assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Illinois Basin which includes parts of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio,....
Iowa Tornadoes
May 26 | MSNBC Severe storms spawning tornadoes and heavy hail killed five people near Parkersburg, Iowa and two more from New Hartford Iowa.....
Iowa Flood: What’s in the Water?
June 17 | MSN Iowa flood victims have seen their homes, properties and business covered with flood waters. Some of those waters were contaminated with sewage, chemicals and....
Mosquito Outbreak in Midwest?
June 27 | National Geographic News After the flooding in the Midwest, stagnant waters will be a good breeding ground for mosquitoes. There is concern that this may lead to a....
Cleaning Up After the Flood
June 22 | MSNBC Waters are going down in the upper part of the Mississippi River basin. Now people in parts of Iowa and Illinois are starting to....
Preventing Ground Water Contamination (.pdf)
April 12 | The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has published a Fact Sheet titled "Preventing Groundwater Contamination". It is a 10-page guide that explains sources of....
Catastrophic Sinkhole Collapse in Missouri
September 9 | USGS This is a USGS factsheet that explores the geographic distribution and possible causes of catastrophic sinkhole collapse in Missouri. On average, about four or....
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