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$This photo taken March 4, 2020, shows the Big Sioux River at Dell Rapids in South Dakota. While Sioux Falls got a fraction of snow during February, there's still an elevated risk of flooding. City, county and National Weather Service officials are preparing for almost guaranteed levels of flooding throughout the region. (Steve Sneve/The Argus Leader via AP)$

High rivers, saturated soil: A recipe for spring flooding

By MAKENZIE HUBER - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 20, 2012 file photo shows a dried pond, the outcome of drought, in Waterloo, Neb. There are varying degrees of drought conditions in the Plains region, but a National Weather Service hydrologist says predicted above-normal rain for spring 2014 might ease some of the problem. Some people in the agriculture industry and with municipal water supplies are still wary. Nathan Fields with the National Corn Growers Association says that during the 2012 drought, he learned how quickly it can set in and affect crop production. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Cool, wet spring may ease western Plains drought

By NORA HERTEL - Associated Press