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# News21 State Of Emergency Episode 4: A Rising Threat
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/news21-state-of-emergency-episode-4-a-rising-threat/
- Published: 2019-09-24T09:00:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T02:23:23.000Z
- Description: Unprecedented events are catching farmers and small towns unprepared. The finale in News21's State of Emergency documentary series.
- Author: Molly Duerig, director/News21
- Tags: Documentaries, iowawatch, crops, disaster recovery, farmers, farming, FEMA, FEMA assistance, Flooding, Midwest, Missouri River, Native American, natural disasters, Nebraska, News21, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

*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](https://vimeo.com/353429831?ref=investigatemidwest.org) from [News21](https://vimeo.com/news21?ref=investigatemidwest.org) on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/?ref=investigatemidwest.org).

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*About this project:* 
*This report is part of* [*State of Emergency, a project*](https://stateofemergency.news21.com/?ref=investigatemidwest.org) *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.*