The towns face a tight deadline. If they don’t take ownership before October 13, they risk the state greenlighting the company’s request to forfeit the dams.
Rivers rose and flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and storms.
A storm system sweeping over large areas of the U.S. South and Midwest has resulted in at least 16 weather-related deaths.