When it rains: Increased flooding forcing towns to make hard choices
The Kickapoo River flooded the streets of tiny Gays Mills, Wisconsin, in August 2007. (In partnership with the Mississippi River Basin Water & Ag Desk/Grant County Emergency Management via National Weather Service)
As increased rainfall and repetitive flooding strain aging infrastructure in many towns, residents along the Mississippi River ask the same question: Do we pack up and move out?
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When it rains: Mississippi River basin gets wetter as climate change brings extreme rain, floods
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Mississippi River Flooding Climate ChangeMississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk is an independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri, in partnership with Report For America and the Society of Environmental Journalists, funded by the Walton Family Foundation. The Daily Memphian is a member of the reporting network.
Keely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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