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The Woodbury County Sheriff's Office posted drone video to Facebook that shows extensive flooding from the Little Sioux River, which breached a levee Tuesday morning. The video shows water ...
To the south in Sioux City and Woodbury County, Iowa, officials responded to residents’ complaints that they had received little warning of the flooding and its severity. Sioux City Fire Marshal ...
The Little Sioux River tore through the bottom of the town, destroying at least two homes, flooding soybean fields and a public park. The river raged so loudly that it sounded like white-water rapids.
Flooding in Sioux City, Iowa (Tim Hynds / Sioux City Journal via AP) ... On Friday, city and county officials expected the Little Sioux River to crest at 17.5 feet but said it did so multiple feet ...
The Little Sioux River was known as Eaneah-waudepon or "Stone River" to the Sioux Indians. Its tributaries include the Ocheyedan River, Maple River and the West Fork of the Little Sioux River. The Little Sioux River is integral to the Nepper Watershed Project, a major Iowa flood control and soil conservation program that was introduced in 1947 ...
On TV, a reporter said heavy rains from the previous weekend had swelled the Little Sioux to record flood stage. Water poured over a levee, gushing into the small town of Smithland , flooding ...
At approximately 6:35 pm CDT (2335 UTC) [28] a tornado hit the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in Little Sioux, Iowa, killing four Boy Scouts after a chimney collapsed on them [29] and injuring 48 others. [30] The camp received a tornado warning 12 minutes before it struck. [28] There were 93 campers and 25 staff members at the camp.
The Little Sioux barely missed its record by .02 feet. East Leach Park, which is on the southern edge of the Little Sioux, is a known floodplain. But it has never flooded like this.