We might be underestimating our collective flood risk
by Sabri Ben-Achour and Daniel Shin
Matthew Eby, head of the First Street Foundation, wants to help homeowners protect themselves as climate change poses hazards to coastal properties.
Thomas B. Shea/Getty Images
https://www.marketplace.org/2020/08/26/flood-risk-homebuyers-real-estate-properties/
Midwest flooding brings high infrastructure costs
A lot of repair and recovery work hasn't even started yet.
Peggy Lowe/KCUR
https://www.marketplace.org/2019/12/27/midwest-flooding-brings-high-infrastructure-costs/
After the flood comes the enormous pile of burning soybeans
Following severe flodding in the Midwest, a pile of 650,000 bushels of soybeans in rural Missouri spontaneously combusted and have been burning for a month.
(Peggy Lowe for Marketplace
https://www.marketplace.org/2019/08/22/midwest-flooding-recovery-soybeans-fire/
Rising Great Lakes water levels benefit some, but cost others
by Dan Kraker
The shipping industry is profiting from rising water levels in the Great Lakes, but homeowners and city parks are struggling.
Dan Kraker/Marketplace
https://www.marketplace.org/2019/08/15/rising-great-lakes-water-levels-benefit-some-but-cost-others/
Trade showdown
USDA report to show the impact of wet weather and trade tensions on farmers
An Ag report to be released on Tuesday is expected to show the effects of weather and trade tensions on farm supply and demand.
https://www.marketplace.org/2019/06/11/usda-report-to-show-the-impact-of-wet-weather-and-trade-tensions-on-farmers/
In the flooded farm belt, a race against the clock for planting
by Renata Sago
Growers are racing to plant corn, soybeans and wheat before it's too late.
https://www.marketplace.org/2019/06/07/farm-belt-race-against-clock-planting/
Mississippi farmers forced to leave thousands of acres unplanted this season
by Sasa Woodruff
Victoria Darden and her family have been forced to leave their soybean and corn fields unplanted because of flooding.
Victoria Darden
https://www.marketplace.org/2019/06/06/mississippi-flooding-farmers/
Florida's new governor brings a new approach to climate change
by Amy Green
Under former governor Rick Scott, Florida state employees said — and documents confirmed — there was a ban on using the term "climate change." Instead of "sea level rise," employees were instructed to say "nuisance flooding."
https://www.marketplace.org/2019/05/24/florida-gov-ron-de-santis-climate-change/
My Economy: How the Pine Ridge reservation regroups after floods
by Liz Sanchez and Sean McHenry
A South Dakota tour business prepares for its busiest season in the wake of Midwestern flooding.
Tatanka Rez Tourz
https://www.marketplace.org/2019/05/13/my-economy-how-the-pine-ridge-reservation-regroups-after-floods/
Bad weather and trade complicate planting for Midwest farmers
Flood damage has made things extremely difficult.
https://www.marketplace.org/2019/04/22/bad-weather-and-trade-wars-complicate-planting-midwest-farmers/