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Missouri River run-off expected to be much less than expected

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June 4th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the U-S Army Corps of Engineers, Thursday, said the forecast for the flow of the Missouri River hasn’t changed all that much from last month, with much less water coming downstream due to dry conditions and below normal snowpack levels.

The Corps says only about 69% of the normal amount of water is expected to flow into the Missouri River this year, which would be the 22nd driest year in the upper basin since 1898. Two-years ago, historic flooding along the Missouri River ravaged parts of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.