Flooding

Heavy snowfall this winter raised flood probability in parts of South Dakota. Now, the Big Sioux River is cresting, and communities are putting their flood plans into action.

With winter in the books, get ready to say goodbye to all that snow. But where exactly will the melt go?

Will our higher-than-average winter snowfall lead to higher-than-average spring flooding? Climatologist Laura Edwards has a few predictions.

As one of the first towns in Dakota Territory, Vermillion had a prominent role in the early territorial settlement of the Missouri River basin. But it all came to an end in the Spring of 1881. On today's Images of the Past we'll have a look at how a natural disaster wiped out the town and forced residents to choose between abandoning what was left or rebuilding from scratch. Joining me now is Art Rusch, a retired judge, state senator, and author of "Vermillion Before the Flood," an article published a few years back in the South Dakota State Historical Society journal.

In The Moment … May 15, 2020 Show 818 Hour 1Unprecedented flooding a year ago devastated many towns in the Midwest and Great Plains. Some are still…

In The Moment ... March 16, 2020 Show 774 Hour 1As South Dakotans prepare for the days ahead, we also prepare for Spring. Melissa Smith is a hydrologist…

State climatologists and hydrologists are concerned looking ahead to next spring.As the soil begins to freeze, it’s saturated in many parts of the…

Sixty-three of South Dakota’s 66 counties submitted disaster declarations after this year’s devastating blizzards, floods, and tornadoes. In Governor…

Reservations are struggling to fix flood-damaged roads.One South Dakota lawmaker says the state needs to fulfill the financial promises of a 2013 criminal…

Roads and highways around the state are in rough shape - with some still flooded from heavy rains and last winter’s ice melt. Reservation roads face the…