Record Missouri Flooding Was Manmade Calamity, Scientist Says
Saturday, February 6, 2016 - 04:00
in Earth & Climate
Why was the New Year's flood in Missouri so bad? Most news reports blamed it on the heavy rain, but Robert Criss, PhD, professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis says analysis of the flood data shows much of the damage was due to recent modifications to the river.