Flooding in the Midwestern U.S. has collapsed a railroad bridge and sent water surging around a dam after days of heavy rains that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate or be rescued. Two deaths have been confirmed by Iowa and South Dakota officials.
A railroad bridge that connects Sioux City, Iowa , and North Sioux City, South Dakota , collapsed late Sunday amid heavy rain and flooding. Local affiliate KTIV reported the bridge had started to sink into the Big Sioux River and authorities were monitoring it, advising nearby residents of potential evacuations.A railroad bridge that connects Sioux City, Iowa , and North Sioux City, South Dakota , collapsed late Sunday amid heavy rain and flooding.
“I’ve never had to evacuate my house,” Hank Howley, a 71-year-old North Sioux City, South Dakota, resident said as she joined others on a levee of the swollen Big Sioux River, where the railroad bridge collapsed a day earlier. She did not have to evacuate in recent days either, but said: “We’re on the highest spot in town. But what good is that when the rest of the town is flooded? It makes me nervous.
The Big Sioux River stabilized Monday morning at around 45 feet , over 7 feet higher than the previous record, Sioux City Fire Marshal Mark Aesoph said. Over the weekend, teams from Iowa’s natural resources department evacuated families with children and a person using a wheelchair from flooded homes, director Kayla Lyon told reporters. Gov. Kim Reynolds said the department conducted 250 water rescues on Saturday.
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