Tagged: flooding

Missouri experienced record flooding last year along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. But this year, experts say water levels are likely to return to normal.                

Six levee, drainage and road districts in northwest Missouri will receive a total of about $1.2 million in community development block grants to help repair damage from flooding along the Missouri River. Gov. Jay Nixon's office said in a release that the six districts are located in Atchison and Holt counties.

Levee districts applied for the grants to cover either the 20 percent local cost share required under the Army Corps of Engineers' maintenance program, or for the entire cost if the levee district is not part of the Corps' system.

Governor Jay Nixon met with Missouri Levee and Drainage District members in Columbia this weekend. He and other state and federal officials responded to over eight months of questions from farmers and others on how Missouri’s waterways will be protected from future massive flooding. This is the first time a Missouri governor attended an annual levee district association meeting in over 15 years, and with good reason, as Governor Nixon addressed the standing room only crowd, he branded 2011: “the year of natural disasters.”

Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including:

• School closures in Columbia on a snowy morning.
• Governor Nixon heads to Columbia to discuss flood protection.
• The Missouri Supreme Court plans to look again at congressional districts.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Joplin looking for weather radios
• New video camera for Columbia Police
• True/False Film Festival chooses its lead documentary
• Politicians to meet in Columbia to discuss flooding issues