New York residents are among more than 100 million Americans under heat alerts this weekend.
The bridge connected North Sioux City, South Dakota, with Sioux City, Iowa, and collapsed into the Big Sioux River late Sunday.SIOUX CITY, Iowa — A railroad bridge collapsed during flooding in the Midwestern U.S. that has forced water rescues, led to evacuations, caused at least one death and brought additional misery during a The bridge connecting North Sioux City, South Dakota, with Sioux City, Iowa, collapsed into the Big Sioux River late Sunday, an emergency manager said.
“We have damaged roads. We have damaged bridges,” Noem said. “That will impact us for many, many months to come.” In Spencer in northwestern Iowa, Aiden Engelkes still wasn't able Monday to get back into his apartment on the first floor of a building close to the Des Moines River, nor could he go to work at a flooded chicken hatchery.
“I just keep thinking about all this stuff I’ve lost and maybe the little things I could recover that we put up high,” he said. “And then I think about where my friends are, because their stuff is also gone.” 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. Evacuations have begun for homes at low elevations, and more are expected as waters rise.
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