The deadly flash flooding in Texas on July 4, 2025, and destructive flash floods a week later in states including New Mexico, Vermont and Iowa are raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and ...

River gauges, sirens and clear alerts can together help emergency managers anticipate flash floods and communicate ...

Flood center researchers have developed floodplain maps for most Iowa counties, and in 2016 the center helped the state secure a $97 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...

Larry Weber, co-founder of the Iowa Flood Center, says the interactive map will give people who may be impacted by flooding the information they need in times of crisis.

Researchers have created a detailed set of maps examining the flood risk for all farmland in Iowa. The maps show 450,000 acres of crops in areas with a 50% chance of flooding, and losses from ...

IOWA CITY — The Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa has received a one-year, $1.3 million renewal appropriation … ...

That's important as Iowa faces another flood season. Iowa faces a 50/50 chance of another round of flooding this spring, with rivers in northern Iowa already filled, Benson said.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Researchers in Iowa are using sensors to map the state's watersheds, an effort aimed at reducing the kind of flooding that caused billions of dollars in damage in 2008.

The University of Iowa has been selected to be a partner in a $360 million national consortium to work on improving flood predictions. The U-I’s Larry Weber will lead the effort in Iowa and says ...

The budget amendment, raised Wednesday night, would restore the bulk of flood center funding in part by reducing the University of Iowa's general appropriation by $950,000.