With the click of a mouse, you can track the swollen Mississippi River in real time as it plods downstream, overwhelming levees and elbowing beyond its banks.
But you can’t find a complete list of levees built along the upper half of…
An article in Popular Mechanics discusses a project by Saint Louis University earth scientists that uses advanced 3-dimensional mapping technology to create simulated flood plains using detailed topographical, photographic, and imaging data.
These digital models can mitigate the damage done by the next big flood…
Here’s an advance look at one of the editorials that will appear in Tuesday’s Post-Dispatch and online at STLtoday.com/news/editorials.
HIGH WATER, HARD CHOICE
Some things in life are inevitable. Death and taxes rank right up there. So does flooding along the Meramec,…
