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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
Worth reporting nationwide, wouldn't you say?
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Yes, but there's a difference between a 30-second story on a newscast and a full news special on the situation, YK? The flooding in the Midwest has gotten mention in most news coverage, but not more than that. It was on the Yahoo frontpage for most of the weekend as well as on CNN and MSNBC Thurs-Sat, but as the floodwaters have [mostly] receded in Cedar Rapids (the largest affected city) and are starting to in other parts of the state, the focus has switched from MAJOR FLOODING to flood recovery. That's not nearly as exciting.
The worst of the flooding happened last week, at least in Cedar Rapids. No one thought it would be as bad as it was. It was a complete freak of nature compounded by the fact that up until last weekend, it's rained every day in June, and not just nice spring rains, we're talking about massive thunderstorms. The Cedar and Iowa Rivers were already swollen upstream and the amount of rain we got last week, and the fact it came so fast, compounded that issue. It has been an extremely wet spring overall, so the ground was already completely saturated and there was no where else for the water to go.
ETA: after a quick search on some websites, cnn.com; msnbc.com, foxnews.com, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe all have some mention on their front page. The LA Times, NY Times and the AJC have stories, but under their US/Nation tabs. I'm sure it's that way with many other newspapers.