El Nino, the warming phase of the cycle, is believed to have been a factor in causing last year's Midwestern floods.

Topics included Midwestern floods, grain and meat prices, the aviation industry and a feature about singing telegrams.

MOST folks think of saturation on the Mississippi River these days in terms of the Midwestern floods.

And it decided that last summer's Midwestern floods were still an emergency, and voted to spend $300 million on levees and other projects.

Another four-tenths of a point stemmed from the aftermath of Midwestern floods and a Southeastern drought.

Midwestern floods only added to First Team's woes, and its sales and earnings plunged in fiscal 1994.

Last year's Midwestern floods, which wiped out some of the American crop, added to demands for Canadian grain.

In the Midwestern flood, thousands of insurance claims were filed by people who had held their insurance for less than two months.

The only time she'd ever seen anything to do with FEMA was when they rescued people out of trees during midwestern floods.

RECENT research on coping with disaster indicates that what may be the most emotionally troubling period for the victims of the Midwestern floods has yet to come.