NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — Flooding in the Midwestern U.
S. killed at least two, collapsed a railroad bridge and sent water surging around a dam Monday after days of heavy rains that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate or be rescued from rising waters. An Illinois man died Saturday while trying to go around a barricade in Spencer, Iowa, Sioux City’s KTIV-TV Monday.
The Little Sioux River swept his truck away, according to a news release from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office provided to the station. Officials found the vehicle in the treeline but weren’t able to recover his body until Monday because of dangerous conditions. At least one person died in South Dakota, Gov.
Kristi Noem has said without providing details. The flooding brought added misery to parts of Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota during In some communities hit by flooding, the temperature Monday afternoon approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius). More than 3 million people live in areas touched by flooding, from Omaha, Nebraska, to St.
Paul, Minnesota. Storms dumped huge amounts of rain from Thursday through Saturday, with as much as 18 inches (46 centimeters) falling south of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, according to the National Weather Service. Places that didn’t get as much rain still had to contend with the extra water moving downstream.
More rain is forecast, and many streams may not crest until later this week as the floodwaters slowly drain down a web of rivers to the Mis.
