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- The small western Iowa town of Hamburg sits submerged after major flooding from the Missouri River and its tributaries in 2019. Western Iowa towns hit hard by the 2019 floods are still working toward recovery. The towns of Hamburg and Pacific Junction are awaiting levee certifications to move their communities forward.
www.iowapublicradio.org › ipr-news › 2022/01/18Almost three years later, western Iowa towns’ flood recovery ...
Mar 13, 2024 · The community of Hamburg is continuing to rebuild after the 2019 flood destroyed most of their small southwest Iowa town.
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Jan 18, 2022 · Western Iowa towns hit hard by the 2019 floods are still working toward recovery. The towns of Hamburg and Pacific Junction are awaiting levee certifications to move their communities forward.
- Kendall Crawford
Flood Impacts 🅘. 39 - Water reaches the bottom of the J64 bridge at the gage site. 33 - The top of the levee near the bridge in town is overtopped with flood waters. I-29 is closed south of town. 27.5 - State Highway 275 south of the gage may be threatened in several spots.
May 6, 2021 · A decade-long battle has come to end in Hamburg, Iowa, with the town set to get the levee they’ve been asking for in the aftermath of two major floods.
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- Disaster Averted in 2011
- Floodwaters Cover The Town in 2019
- Grassley: Upgrade Long Overdue
With the Corps' blessing and assistance, the town used dirt mounds to raise the levee by up to 9 feet and fend off flooding in 2011. The Corps told the residents they could only keep the higher levy for 30 days, although federal and state elected officials pledged to fight for it to remain. It largely saved the town. But in 2012 the Corps told Hamb...
The most recent chapter began in March 2019, as the river level rose with little advance warning. With Hamburg's levee at the old height of roughly 18 feet, floodwaters covered the town, leading to hundreds of thousands of dollars in emergency expenses and millions of dollars in damages to homes and businesses. Even as the waters poured into the ci...
Late last year Congress passed new rules waiving the local matching requirement, Col. Mark Himes, head of the Corps' Omaha district, cited those as allowing him to finally sign off on the project. Grassley called it long overdue. “I witnessed firsthand the devastation in Hamburg following the 2019 floods, which was exacerbated by earlier orders fro...
- Daniel Lathrop
- Investigative Reporter
The community of Hamburg is continuing to rebuild after the 2019 flood destroyed most of their small southwest Iowa town.
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- 6 News WOWT
Jun 24, 2024 · Historic flooding struck parts of Iowa over the weekend, damaging nearly 2,000 properties and prompting evacuations and disaster declarations.
