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Floods Approach Records, Extend Lock Closures Only the outlines of the lock walls can be seen as Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam 22 is swamped by floodwater. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District)

Only the outlines of the lock walls can be seen as Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam 22 is swamped by floodwater. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District)

Floods Approach Records, Extend Lock Closures

May 9, 2019

Waves of new storms hit saturated ground throughout the Midwest, sending water barreling into already-swollen rivers, breaching levees, closing locks, flooding cities and approaching all-time flood records across the length… Read More