Warmer, wetter weather means farmers can plant some crops in regions once too cold and dry

Warmer, wetter weather has crops on the move

Ames must cut water usage after flooding because conservation efforts are falling short

Ames must conserve to restore water after flooding

Flooded Iowa city warns residents to use bottled water as it tries to repair burst pipes

Iowa city resigned to bottled water after floods

Flooding in Iowa forces hundreds of residents from their homes, kills 16-year-old girl

Hundreds evacuated, 1 dead after flooding in Iowa

Ames, Iowa Flooding Situation Getting Worse

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Iowa teen dies after raging floodwaters swept cars off a road, hundreds evacuated

Iowa teen dies in raging floods as hundreds flee

Flooding kills 1 in Iowa, where hundreds evacuated, Iowa State basketball stadium flooded

Flooding kills 1 in Iowa; hundreds evacuated

Searchers in Iowa recover body of teenage girl swept away by floodwaters east of Des Moines

Searchers find teen’s body in flooded Iowa creek

Ames shuts down water system after main breaks beneath creek; Widespread flooding in Iowa

Ames cuts water supply after main breaks in flood

Iowa floods leave 1 person missing, force hundreds to evacuate; Iowa State arena swamped

Floods leave 1 missing, swamp Iowa State arena

1 person missing since floodwaters swept cars away in Iowa creek; divers on standby

1 person missing in storm-flooded Iowa creek

Dive teams search for 2 or 3 people missing since floodwaters swept cars away in Iowa

Up to 3 people missing in storm-flooded Iowa creek

Acres of mud, dead fish lie in place of Iowa lake after dam break; owners commit to rebuilding

Mud, dead fish replace lake after Iowa dam break

Authorities to closely inspect leak in Des Moines levee; residents not told to leave

Des Moines levee springs small leak; no evacuation

Small leak found at levee protecting Des Moines, Iowa, neighborhood; no evacuation planned

Leak found at levee guarding area of Des Moines

Seepage found at levee protecting Des Moines, Iowa, neighborhood; no evacuation planned

Seepage found at levee guarding part of Des Moines

Des Moines neighborhood watches, waits as dam is lowered at rain-swollen lake, river rises

Des Moines neighborhood waits as dam gates lowered

Controlled release of water from swollen Iowa lake to test vulnerable Des Moines levee

Flood-wary Iowa residents plan for water release

Residents frustrated over failure to build new levee at risk from rising Des Moines River

Frustration over threatened Des Moines levee grows

Residents of Des Moines neighborhood hit by 1993 and 2008 floods pack up as river rises again

Des Moines residents leave homes as river rises

Iowa river museum highlights Gulf oil spill with lifeless aquarium

Iowa aquarium highlights Gulf oil spill

DES MOINES, Iowa — The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque (Duh-BYOOK), Iowa, is underlining a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by displaying a giant tank, void of life and adorned with representations of globs of crude.

Iowa river museum displays aquarium containing no life as comment on Gulf oil spill

Iowa museum aquarium exhibit highlights oil spill

Government warns of spring flooding in Midwest, South, East after wet winter

Widespread spring flooding forecast

WASHINGTON — With truckloads of sandbags rolling into cities like Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., the government confirmed residents’ fears Tuesday, forecasting major flooding in the Midwest following a wetter than normal winter.

Car insurance rates shouldn’t be affected by Toyota recall and ongoing industry woes

Insurance rates not accelerated by Toyota recall

Cities, residents say new FEMA flood plain maps are full of mistakes that could prove costly

Cities say new FEMA flood maps are full of errors

Ice storm snarls traffic, downs power lines, forces school closures in nation’s midsection

Ice storm snarls traffic in nation’s midsection

Winter storm pushing snow, dangerously cold wind across Midwest; unusual cold snap grips South

Frigid weather hits Midwest, -52 wind chill in ND

Holiday travelers deal with slick roads, airport delays; worst of storm still to hit Midwest

Massive storm disrupts last-minute holiday travel

Holiday travelers deal with slick roads, airport delays as storm spreads across Midwest

Winter storm starts to spread across Midwest

Holiday travelers race to beat snow as major winter storm taking aim at West, Midwest

Major winter storm taking aim at West, Midwest

Holiday travelers adjust plans as fast-moving winter storm plods through West, Midwest

Winter storm plods through West, Midwest

DENVER — A fast-moving storm is promising to bring a white Christmas to parts of the West and Midwest, but not without threatening to cause long delays and tough driving conditions for countless holiday travelers.

Holiday travelers adjust plans as winter storm plods through West, Midwest

Storm plods through West, Midwest

DENVER — A major winter storm is promising to bring a white Christmas to parts of the West and Midwest, but not without threatening to cause long delays and tough driving conditions for countless holiday travelers.

Snowstorm could snarl holiday travel throughout West, Midwest

Holiday storm could snarl travel in West, Midwest