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News21 State Of Emergency Episode 4: A Rising Threat

Unprecedented events are catching farmers and small towns unprepared. The finale in News21's State of Emergency documentary series.

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News21 State Of Emergency Episode 4: A Rising Threat
The spring floods damaged roads and bridges around Niobrara, Nebraska, and many remained shut down in mid-June.

Episode 4: A Rising Threat

Flooding is reshaping life in rural America. Unprecedented events are catching farmers and small towns unprepared. Communities built around the water are now losing their livelihood and history to it. This is the finale of News21’s four-part documentary series “State of Emergency.”

Directed by Molly Duerig

State of Emergency, Episode 4: A Rising Threat from News21 on Vimeo.

About this project:
This report is part of State of Emergency, a project produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative, a national investigative reporting project by top college journalism students and recent graduates from across the country and headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

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