Record Flooding Across 3 States In Upper Midwest; Big Sioux River Breaks 1969 Record By A Foot

Cities across three states are preparing for record floods later in the week as torrential rains move across the Upper Midwest.

In Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska, officials are asking volunteers to build sandbag barriers and other fortifications in advance of the brunt of the storm – but politicians and emergency workers are conceding that their efforts, in some areas, may not be enough.

In South Dakota, workers have begun turning a major Interstate exchange bridge into a temporary levee. While officials there say that will mitigate the flood in many locales, Governor Dennis Daugaard (R) said he expects parts of North Sioux City, S.D., to be underwater by the end of the week.
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The Big Sioux River, which passes beside North Sioux City, is expected to break the previous flood record, set in 1969, by about a foot on Friday. Across the river, in Iowa, several areas have already flooded after two to six inches of rain that have fallen across portions of the state during the last several days.

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