EPISODE · Sep 12, 2018 · 4 MIN
Wisconsin's Floods Are Catastrophic—and Only Getting Worse
from Science, Spoken · host SpokenLayer
An entire summer’s worth of rain has fallen across a broad swath of the Midwest in recent days. The resulting record floods have wrecked homes and altered the paths of rivers, in one case destroying a waterfall in Minnesota. The worst-affected region, southwest Wisconsin, has received more than 20 inches of rain in 15 days– more than it usually gets in six months. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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An entire summer’s worth of rain has fallen across a broad swath of the Midwest in recent days. The resulting record floods have wrecked homes and altered the paths of rivers, in one case destroying a waterfall in Minnesota. The worst-affected region, southwest Wisconsin, has received more than 20 inches of rain in 15 days– more than it usually gets in six months.
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Wisconsin's Floods Are Catastrophic—and Only Getting Worse
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