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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019

Terrifying map shows all the parts of America that might soon flood

Author:     Eric Holthaus
Source:     Grist
Publication Date:     Mar 22, 2019
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Stephan:   For over a decade I have been telling my readers that there are going to be three internal migrations in the United States: Away from the coasts because of searise, out of the Southwest because of heat and lack of water, and out of the central states because of flooding and other catastrophic climate events like tornadoes. It's all happening, and it is going to get worse, much worse. Here is what the short-term flooding future looks like. If you live in these states plan accordingly.

Credit: NOAA

The record-breaking flooding disaster in the Midwest is just beginning.

On Thursday, the National Weather Service issued its annual spring flood outlook, and it is downright biblical. By the end of May, parts of 25 states — nearly two-thirds of the country — could see flooding severe enough to cause damage.

Pretty much every major body of water east of the Rockies is at elevated risk of flooding in the coming months, including the Mississippi, the Red River of the North, the Great Lakes, the eastern Missouri River, the lower Ohio, the lower Cumberland, and the Tennessee River basins.

“This is shaping up to be a potentially unprecedented flood season, with more than 200 million people at risk for flooding in their communities,” said Ed Clark, director of NOAA’s National Water Center, in a press release. That represents about 60 percent of all Americans.

Across the Midwest, the recent floods have already caused an estimated $3 billion in damages — a total that will surely rise. Extremely heavy snowfall in the upper Midwest this winter, combined with a 

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