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A levee breach on the Little Sioux River caused extensive flooding in Smithland, Iowa, on June 25, 2024.
Chances of floods, heavy rainfall and severe weather are likely in Iowa on Monday and Tuesday. A flood watch starts at 10 p.m. Monday.
The Des Moines River at Humboldt, a small city about 105 miles north of Des Moines, was forecast to crest Wednesday at 17 feet, more than a foot higher than its record in 1969, according to the ...
Iowa Flood of 2008. The Iowa flood of 2008 was a hydrological event involving most of the rivers in eastern Iowa which began June 8 and continued until July 1. Flooding continued on the Upper Mississippi River in the southeastern area of the state for many more days. The phrase "Iowa's Katrina " was often heard.
Because of the severe flooding in east-central Iowa, officials with U.S. Postal Service's Des Moines-based Hawkeye District suspended all Retail, Post Office Box and Mail Caller Services at the Waterloo Main Post Office. [27] On June 12, a mandatory evacuation was issued for the Normandy Drive area of Iowa City. [28]
The Des Moines River (/ dəˈmɔɪn / ⓘ) is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the upper Midwestern United States that is approximately 525 miles (845 km) long from its farther headwaters. [2] The largest river flowing across the state of Iowa, it rises in southern Minnesota and flows across Iowa from northwest to southeast, passing from ...
Ryan Magalhães, Des Moines Register July 8, 2024 at 4:56 PM Water surrounds a stop sign in Davenport after water from the Mississippi River broke through temporary flood barriers, in 2019.
Windom, a town of about 4,800 people, received 1.25 inches (3.2 centimeters) of rain on top of earlier heavy downpours, and the Des Moines River there had a record crest.