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Flooding reshapes river towns along the Mississippi
The Mississippi corridor faces a flood driven exodus as climate change worsens frequent inundations. West Alton and Cairo illustrate population declines, abandoned homes, and shuttered industries while towns like Grafton pivot to parks and tourism to weather rising waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Alton
America
Mississippi River
U.S
Associated Press
First Street
Mississippi
Willie Richter
Richter
Midwest
Colin Wellenkamp
Patrick Nunnally
University of Minnesota
Dean Klinkenberg
Jeremy Porter
St. Louis
Cairo
Klinkenberg
Andrea
Drea” Vinson
Grafton
Ill