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Flooding forces dozens of Iowa road closures. Here's where to avoid.
Travel continues to be discouraged across parts of northwest Iowa as flood waters block roads. The Iowa Department of Public Transportation strongly discourages travel in Lyon, Sioux, O'Brien, Clay, Emmet, Dickinson, Cherokee, Woodbury and Plymouth counties. More than a dozen roads around those counties are closed. Are interstates closed in...
Reynolds asks for federal aid as hundreds of homes damaged or destroyed by flood
(The Center Square) - Northwest Iowa residents continued to clean up on Monday after a major deluge of rain over the weekend caused floods that damaged hundreds of homes. Gov. Kim Reynolds asked President Joe Biden for expedited help on Sunday for 22 counties. The governor said in a news conference that at least 1,900 homes were impacted by the floods. Just nine counties reported 365 damaged or destroyed homes, and 770 people were evacuated from their residences, Reynolds said. ...
Rock Rapids, Lyon County cleaning up after record flooding
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa (Dakota News Now) - The city of Rock Rapids, Iowa, has seen the flood waters rise and fall, and now the community is in recovery, cleaning up debris and finding resources to help with the effort. The Rock River is still in a major flood stage, breaking...
Evacuations in western Iowa this (Tuesday) morning; clean up begins as floodwaters recede
(Radio Iowa) – Residents in Clay, Emmet, Lyon, Plymouth, and Sioux Counties may apply for federal aid through FEMA and businesses swamped by floodwaters may be eligible for low interest loans from the Small Business Administration. A levee on the Little Sioux River broke in western Iowa shortly before five this (Tuesday) morning, forcing the evacuation of the small towns of Rodney and Smithland. An emergency shelter has been set up in Onawa. Clean up has begun in other areas of northwest Iowa where floodwaters are receding.
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