The Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa was awarded $1 million to expand flood and drought monitoring, watershed management, and forecasting services in Eastern Iowa through Congress’s Community Project Funding.
PhD Candidate and IFC Research Assistant Riley Post wrote an article in The Conversation about how smart forecasting can reduce flooding as climate change makes extreme rainfall more common.
Iowa Flood Center Co-founder Larry Weber reflects on the 2008 flood event and how the Iowa Flood Center has helped improve flood preparedness and resiliency to future flood events.
To help Iowans prepare for flood season, the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) developed the Iowa Flood Information System (IFIS) to provide real-time information about stream levels, flood alerts and forecasts, and hydrologic conditions for the entire state.
The new Center for Hydrologic Development will leverage the skills and expertise of the Iowa Flood Center to advance the goals of the $360 million NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology to build a more water and weather-ready nation.
Director Krajewski will present significant aspects of his work that has built a more flood-resilient Iowa during the UI’s 40th Presidential Lecture.
University of Iowa and Iowa Flood Center PhD student Riley Post hopes his research changes the way we fight floods.
Read more about IIHR’s Ibrahim Demir and his work in hydroinformatics and on the Iowa Flood Information System (IFIS).
Members of the Iowa Watershed Approach met to celebrate the end of the project with a tour to several project locations in Eastern Iowa.
Kaleb Young may have come to Iowa for wrestling, but he decided to stay as he turns his love for the outdoors into a career in water, flooding, and sustainability.
