![Mississippi River flood waters in Vicksburg, Miss., in 2011.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/22021/miss_flood_wide-d5df3d5b5f88068a64544dbce40005eacfdb4dbe-s40__medium.jpg)
Midwest Seeing More Frequent Flooding
Floods in the midwest and nearby states are not getting bigger, they're just occurring more often. That's the conclusion of a new study by the University of Iowa Flood Center after looking at 50 years of river levels in 14 states