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Flood of Des Moines, 1851. Iowa was the state most affected by the Flood of 1851. Flooding in Iowa was probably exacerbated because the Des Moines River basin, where the worst of the flooding occurred, had been settled for less than 10 years. Residents had never previously experienced a major flood, and river towns lacked levees and substantial ...
The Floyd River during record high flood stage water levels, flooding a farm field near Le Mars, Iowa. Date: 21 September 2018, 17:11: Source: Floyd River - Flooding in Le Mars, Iowa: Author: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
In eastern Iowa along the Iowa River and Cedar River, flooding exceeded that of the Flood of 1993. [ 9 ] Flooding had also forced the closure of an extensive number of roads throughout the eastern half of the state, a situation that affected far more people than those who directly experienced the floods; in particular, portions of Interstate 80 ...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said water in some areas rose above records from 1993, a flood many in the Midwest remember as the worst of their lives. The flood have hit parts of Iowa, South Dakota ...
Rivers across northwest Iowa experienced record flooding on Saturday after days of heavy rain ... The West Fork of the Des Moines River is at major flood stage in Estherville and is expected to ...
The water treatment plant sits in flood waters from the Raccoon River in Des Moines, Iowa, in this July 17, 1993 photo. An estimated 250,000 central Iowans were left without tap water for nearly ...
The flood caused by the failure of Lawn Lake Dam scoured Roaring River valley and deposited an alluvial fan of debris in Horseshoe Park. Lawn Lake Dam was an earthen dam in Rocky Mountain National Park , United States that failed on July 15, 1982, at about 6 a.m., in an event known as the flood of 1982.
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 ...