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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Kathy Roberts has almost nothing left. The South Dakota resident escaped flooding Sunday night with her cat and the clothes on her back, . “I heard screaming outside and looked outside and I had neighbors that had water rushing into their place and water was slowly rising in my driveway,” Roberts said.

“Within eight minutes, I was leaving my house and driving through water that was up over my step rails on my jeep.” In the residential development where Roberts lived along McCook Lake in North Sioux City, the devastation was coming into focus as floodwaters began to recede, exposing collapsed streets, utility poles and trees. Some homes were washed off their foundations.



There was no water, sewer, gas or electrical service in that area, Union County Emergency Management said Tuesday in a Facebook post. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X Tuesday night that people needed to stay out of the area unless escorted by public safety officials.

“We are working on a schedule for families to get their belongings,” Noem said. “Until then, downed power lines, sinkholes, and other threats make it too dangerous to go in alone.” A vast swath of lands from eastern Nebraska and South Dakota to Iowa and Minnesota has been under siege from flooding from torrential rains since last week, while also experiencing Up to 18 inches (46 centimeters) of rain have fallen in some areas, and some rivers rose to record levels.

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