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…
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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…
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
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
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