Making room for the river: Communities look at nature-based solutions
Those living alongside waterways seek ways to make life safer and more sustainable.
Source: startribune.com
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Those living alongside waterways seek ways to make life safer and more sustainable.
People have lived along the river for millennia, the benefits competing with the risks. Modern levee systems built in response to past disasters like the Floods of 1927 or 1993 aren't designed for the newest risk: increased rainfall caused by climate change.
The western border of Atchison County, Mo., follows the twisting path of the Missouri River.Acres of corn and soy fields once lined its shores, but after a nearby levee suffered seven breaches in the Flood of 2019, the cropland was ruined.