At least 2 dead as devastating Midwest flooding triggers evacuations
Flooding in the Midwest has caused severe damage, collapsing a bridge, weakening a dam and forcing the evacuation of a town.
Flooding in the Midwest has caused severe damage, collapsing a bridge, weakening a dam and forcing the evacuation of a town.
Nearly 3 million people in Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska have been affected.
In the border area of Iowa and South Dakota, devastation from the record flooding was “severe and widespread,” according to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. At least one person in Iowa and one person in South Dakota have died.
"Flooding impacts will continue" in parts of Iowa and South Dakota, "but the chance for additional rainfall in the next 2 to 3 days is low," the National Weather Service said in an update Monday afternoon.
In Clay County, Iowa, the sheriff’s office confirmed one person drowned over the weekend as a result of the floods.
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