“We expect the flooding to get worse and become more widespread,” said Mary Erikson, deputy director of NOAA’s National Weather Service. “It may become more dire in the coming weeks.”The outlook said 200 million Americans are at risk of experiencing flooding. The flood damage over the past week has cost $1.3 billion in Nebraska alone and has caused at least four deaths. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center favors above normal precipitation during the April to June period over much of the nation’s middle, which will compound the flood risk. and may be exacerbated in the coming weeks as the water flows downstream,” said Clark.

Source: Washington Post March 21, 2019 16:51 UTC