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The federal government is sending about $56 million to nearly 5,400 Iowa families struck by record flooding in June, according to FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Historic flooding struck parts of Iowa over the weekend, damaging nearly 2,000 properties and prompting evacuations and disaster declarations.
Flooding also closed state highways and county roads in southern Minnesota. 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.
Sirens blared at 2 a.m. in Rock Valley, Iowa, population 4,200, where people in hundreds of homes were told to get out as the Rock River could no longer take rain that has slammed the region.
The flood have hit parts of Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota. The water was so powerful that it pulled down a train bridge connecting North Sioux City, South Dakota, with Sioux City, Iowa.
Rivers continued to reach record levels as Iowa entered a fourth day of historic flooding that killed at least one person whose truck was swept away by strong water near Spencer over the weekend.
This excerpt from the Lewis and Clark map of 1814 shows the rivers of western Iowa. The Floyd is seen at the upper left of the map. Charles Floyd, for whom the river is named, was a U.S. Army sergeant who was born in Kentucky and was one of the first to enlist in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. [5]
Gov. Kim Reynolds said the Iowa Emergency Operations Center had opened to deal with the flooding, which also was reported in Sioux City, Sioux Center, Hull, Sanborn, Spirit Lake and Arnolds Park ...