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SOUTHWEST REGION

Flood

The Junction of Flood and Community

Pacific Junction

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2019
Flood

A Moderate May Flood

Hamburg

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2019
Flood

Melting and Flooding: 2019 Style

Monona County

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2019
Blizzard

Blizzard 2018

Clarke county, Iowa

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2018
Drought

Drought of 2017-18

Lucas county, Iowa

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2017
Tornado

Tornado of 2017

Wayne county, Iowa

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2017
Flood

Red Oak’s Levee Recertification

Red Oak

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2016
Tornado

November Tornadoes

Shelby County

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2015
Tornado

2015 Tornado

Adams county, Iowa

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2015
Drought

2012 Drought

Mills county, Iowa

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2012
Drought

Decatur County Droughts of the 2010s

Decatur County, Iowa

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2012
Drought Insects

Bugs and the Drought of 2012

Polk county, Iowa

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2012
Flood

Flood of 2011

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie county, Iowa

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2011
Flood

Flood of 2010

Ames, Story county, Iowa

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2010
Heat

Heat and Tragedy in a Rail Car, Summer 2002

Denison, Crawford County, Iowa

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2002
Tornado

Tornadoes of 2001

Mount Ayr, Ringgold county, Iowa

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2001
Tornado

Tornadoes of 1999

Logan, Harrison county, Iowa

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1999
Flood

The 1998 Flood

Atlantic

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1998
Flood

The Flood of 1993 and The Bridges of Madison County

Madison county, Iowa

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1993
Drought Insects

Spider Mites and the Drought of 1988

Polk county, Iowa

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1988
Tornado

Tornado of 1984

Wayne county, Iowa

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1984
Flood

Prelude to the 1993 Flood

Lucas county, Iowa

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1983
Flood

Between Emerson and Red Oak

Emerson to Red Oak

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1982
Tornado

The March 29th and August 29th Tornadoes of 1979

Braddyville, Page county, Iowa

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1979
Tornado

Jordan’s Wall of Wind

Boone County, Iowa

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1976
Blizzard

Hospitality and the Blizzards of Adair County

Adair Prebysterian Church, Adair County, Iowa

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1975
Tornado

The Tornado of 1974

Polk county, Iowa

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1974
Tornado

The April 12th and June 19th Tornadoes of 1964

Yorktown, Page county, Iowa

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1964
Blizzard

The School Bus Blizzard of 1961

Hamlin, Audubon county, Iowa

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1961
Tornado

The 1954 Northboro/ Blanchard Tornado

Page county, Iowa

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1954
Flood

The Wild Missouri

Pottawattamie County

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1952
Flood

Flood of 1944

Ames, Story county, Iowa

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1944
Tornado

Maxwell Tornado of 1944

Maxwell, Story county, Iowa

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1944
Flood

Floods of 1941

Taylor county, Iowa

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1941
Blizzard

Apples and Ice

Union County

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1940
Drought

The Drought of 1936

Polk county, Iowa

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1936
Drought

Decatur County 1934 Drought

Decatur County, Iowa

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1934
Flood

Perils and Rescues on the Rivers of Warren County

Warren County

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1930
Tornado

Tornado of 1925

Persia and Yorkshire, Harrison county, Iowa

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1925
Tornado

Building Bethel

Boone County, Iowa

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1918
Blizzard

The Hard Winter of 1915 and Homeless Men along the Northwestern Rail Line

Crawford County, Iowa

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1915
Tornado

Technology and the Easter Tornado

Shelby County

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1913
Tornado

Easter Tornado of 1913

Woodbine, Iowa

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1913
Flood

The Flood Under Eureka Bridge

North Raccoon River, Greene county, Iowa

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1912
Tornado

Tornado Tears Down Maple Grove and A Bit of Madison County History

Madison county, Iowa

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1911
Tornado

Tornado of 1907

Ringgold county, Iowa

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1907
Flood

The Anita Republican Reports

Anita

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1903
Drought

Drought of 1894

Mills county, Iowa

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1894
Drought

The Droughts of Dallas County

Dallas county, Iowa

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1894
Flood

Hail and the Meskwaki

Audubon county, Iowa

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1883
Flood

Why It’s Called the “Big Muddy”

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie county, Iowa

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1881
Heat

Fried Fish: Extreme Heat in Carroll County and the Midwest

Carroll county, Iowa

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1878
Tornado

Exposed

Shelby Station

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1877
Flood

The Independence Day Flood of 1877

Greene county, Iowa

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1877
Tornado

The Centennial Storm

Warren County

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1876
Tornado

The Fourth of July Tornado of 1873 and the Women of Guthrie

Guthrie county, Iowa

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1873
Tornado

Taming the Tornadoes of Carroll County

Glidden, Carroll county, Iowa

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1871
Insects

Winter and Other Challenges to Guthrie County’s Beekeeping

Guthrie county, Iowa

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1866
Flood

Two Views on Flooding

Union County

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1857
Flood

Melting and Flooding: 1856-57

Monona County

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1856
Blizzard

The Winter Storm of 1856-57 in and around Early Denison

Denison, Crawford County, Iowa

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1856
Blizzard

Fremont 1850s Blizzard

Fremont County, Iowa

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1850

Winter and the Underground Railroad

Adair County, Iowa

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1850
Flood

The Floods of Dallas County

Dallas county, Iowa

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1849

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