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Graphics from this weekend's flooding show the extent of flooding in northwest Iowa. In Saturday's flooding, the Rock River in northwest Iowa exceeded its typical volume by more than 100 times.
Historic flooding struck parts of Iowa over the weekend, damaging nearly 2,000 properties and prompting evacuations and disaster declarations.
Floodwaters forced people out of their homes in parts of Iowa, the result of weeks of rain, while much of the United States longed for relief Saturday from yet another round of extraordinary heat ...
Northwest Iowa is still dealing with major flooding as heavy rains forced emergency evacuations in several towns, including Rock Rapids and Spencer.. On Monday, residents in Rock Valley started to ...
Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster declaration Saturday for 21 counties in the region, and the Iowa State Patrol and Iowa 511 warned against travel there because of flooded roads.
Matthew Dux,, lead meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, which handles forecasting for northwest Iowa, said the flooding was on par with historic Missouri ...
The river continues to flow in a southeastern direction away from Des Moines, flowing directly into the Mississippi River. The Des Moines River forms a short portion of Iowa's border with Missouri between Lee County, Iowa and Clark County, Missouri. The city of Des Moines, Iowa, was named for the river.
More: Historic flooding in Northwest Iowa ravaged communities. Matt Wilson, senior service hydrologist at the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities, said riverside areas behind levees and ...