Iowa researchers try to predict flood damage State officials say
they're making progress in using sensors to map watersheds and
reduce flooding. The Gazette reports hydrologists with the Iowa
Flood Center are helping create engineering models of the Turkey
River in northeast Iowa to identify where flood mitigation
projects are most likely to reduce downstream damage.
Hydrologists say new computer technology has made processing
this data more efficient. They will present their findings and
recommendations at a public meeting Thursday. Similar data-
collecting projects are in place on the upper Cedar, the middle
Raccoon and some Des Moines River tributaries. The Iowa Flood
Center and watershed management groups around the state were
created after the June 2008 floods. Copyright 2013 by The
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