Entire neighborhoods — and at least one entire town — were evacuated in northwest Iowa.
as temperatures soared Sunday across the U.S., while deadly floodwaters inundated parts of the Midwest, including a town in Iowa whose own water-level gauge was submerged.and throughout the West to California, public officials cautioned residents about the dangers of excessive heat and humidity. In Oklahoma, the heat index — what the temperature feels like to the human body — was expected to reach 107 degrees on Sunday.
“I want to remind everybody to remember the power of water and the flow of water, and to stay away from flooded areas,” Noem said. She added that “we’ve got a few days in front of us here that’ll be a little rough, but we’ll get through it together and do the very best to protect infrastructure, homes and families as we possibly can.”
“Yesterday, it was nobody walking around. It’s hotter today, but there’s a breeze going. Yesterday, it just felt like I was being punished,” Cousins said.of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that excessive heat contributed to more than 2,300 deaths, the highest in 45 years of records.
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