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Flooding breaches levees in Iowa as more rain threatens
Floodwaters breached levees in Iowa, creating dangerous conditions Tuesday that prompted evacuations as the deluged Midwest faced another round of severe storms. The sheriff's office in Monona County, near the Nebraska border, said the Little Sioux River breached levees in several areas. Patrick Prorok, emergency management coordinator in Monona County, described waking people in Rodney, a town of about 45 people, at 4 a.m. to recommend evacuation.
MidAmerican Energy going to door-to-door in Sioux City's Riverside area
SIOUX CITY — Woodbury County Emergency Management and the city of Sioux City announced Wednesday that local inspectors are going door-to-door with MidAmerican Energy to see if it's safe to restore power to affected homes. "Residents without electricity may call the Sioux City Inspections Division at 712-224-5216 to set...
With main route into town reopened, Correctionville begins road to recovery
CORRECTIONVILLE, Iowa — Once U.S. Highway 20 reopened at Correctionville just before noon Wednesday, the town was officially reopened to nonresidents. They soon showed up, bringing donations of food, clothing, baby items, toiletries and much-needed cleaning supplies for residents who have been fighting flooding from the Little Sioux River since early Sunday.
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. ...
LEVEE BREAKS NEAR SMITHLAND AND RODNEY
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN AFFECT FOR WOODBURY COUNTY UNTIL 8 A.M. AT 4;49 A.M. LOCAL LAW ENFORECEMENT REPORTED A LEVEE ON THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER FAILED 600 YARDS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 141. THIS IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING NEAR SMITHLAND, RODNEY AND OTHER RURAL AREAS. IF YOU ARE...
LEVEE BREACH NEAR SMITHLAND AND RODNEY (Update)
WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR MIKE MONTINO SAYS THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE BREACH THAT LED TO FLOODING IN THE SMITHLAND AREA TUESDAY MORNING HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED:. SMITHLAND1 OC…CONTINUING TO RISE. :27. MONTINO SAYS RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO EVACUATE MAY GO TO A SHELTER IN ONAWA. A...
WINNAVEGAS TO REOPEN THURSDAY AFTERNOON & HOTEL FRIDAY
THE WINNAVEGAS CASINO RESORT NEAR SLOAN, IOWA WILL REOPEN TODAY AT 4PM AND THE HOTEL WILL REOPEN FRIDAY AT 8AM. WOODBURY COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE APPROVED REOPENING K35 330TH ST, ALLOWING RESORT ASSOCIATES AND GUESTS TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY. THE ROAD WAS PARTIALLY COVERED WITH RISING FLOOD WATERS ON TUESDAY, CAUSING...
Woodbury County Emergency Management and city of Sioux City to hold press conference at WITCC
SIOUX CITY — Woodbury County Emergency Management and the city of Sioux City are set to hold a 1:15 p.m. press conference on the Western Iowa Tech campus to decent the ongoing flooding and recovery efforts. The joint press event will be held on the main level of the...
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