A flood forced this town to move. It could be a model for others hit by the climate crisis
The floodwaters dismantled homes, businesses, the school and churches. As the swollen Mississippi River spilled over the levee, the town of Valmeyer, Illinois, was buried beneath 16 feet of water that stuck around for months. That was 25 years ago, during the Great Flood of 1993.
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