The reason the Missouri River and the Arkansas River are still well over their banks and breaching levis is that as those tributaries drained their huge amounts of water into the Mississippi, it caused a back force from the Mississippi itself.
The Mississippi holding the waters in the Arkansas and Missouri Rivers IN PLACE until it drains into the Gulf of Mexico. That only started to occur and if there is more rain, the subsiding of the rivers will stop and they will return to their current status or worse.
The current floods are record setting. THE US ARMY CORP FREQUENTLY IS BLAMED FOR THESE EVENTS. IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT. THE USA HAS ON COMPREHENSIVE POLICY THAT DEALS WITH THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
There has to be a NATIONAL STRATEGY coming out of Washington, DC.
Thoughts and prayers won't cut it.
EVERYONE WAS TOLD OVER THE PAST SEVEN DECADES.
May 30,2019
By Brian Kahn
The United States has faced historic flooding this spring. (click here) From the Midwest to California to the Southern Plains, record precipitation has begotten both slow-moving and flash floods.
All this is happening following the wettest 12 month period in U.S. history. But it’s also indicative of bigger issues afoot. Extreme precipitation has become more common due to climate change, raising the risk of floods. A recent analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists found that the alarm bells are ringing ever louder with a 71 percent uptick in flood watches and warnings this year and that flood alerts have become more common in many parts of the U.S. since 1986. The findings and what we’ve observed this spring show that the country’s infrastructure needs to be shored up fast to deal with a wetter, wilder future....
...“These factors combine to increase the likelihood of life-threatening floods such as the ones we’ve seen recently in the Midwest,” Declet-Barreto said.
His analysis underscores this isn’t just a 2019 problem, though. Declet-Barreto pulled 33 years of National Weather Service flood watches, warnings, and advisories. The results show basically every region of the U.S. is seeing more of these alerts. The Midwest is a hot spot, but so is the Southwest, particularly around central Arizona. The types of floods these two regions experience are very different—in the Midwest, it’s usually river floods while Arizona usually sees flash floods and runoff from the desert during the summer monsoon—but the risks they pose are equally challenging society. And if governments don’t improve how they manage stormwater, the impacts will grow ever worse.
“It’s clear we need a coherent and comprehensive federal response to climate change—a response that encourages progress at state and local levels,” Declet-Barreto said....
