18 Nov 2014

Public invited to meeting about Kansas Army Ammunition Plant

KANSAS CITY, Mo.— The Kansas Army Ammunition Plant will host a Restoration Advisory Board meeting for local community members on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at the Municipal Building, City Commission Room located at 112 South 17th Street, Parsons, Kan., from 6 to 8 p.m.

8 Oct 2014

Corps maintains high releases to reduce future flood risk

Omaha, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Missouri River Basin Water Management Division is maintaining above normal releases at the four lower dams on the Missouri River. As expected, September runoff above Sioux City, Iowa, remained well above normal, totaling 1.8 million acre feet (MAF), 157 percent of normal. The 2014 runoff forecast is 35.5 MAF, 141 percent of normal, down slightly from one month ago. Average annual runoff is 25.2 MAF.