No. 1 story of 2024: Record flooding swamped several Northwest Iowa communities

By Nick Hytrek – Sioux City Journal, Iowa (TNS)

As 2024 began, Siouxland needed moisture. After experiencing months of drought and dry conditions, the area was in desperate need of above-normal spring rainfall to make up for long-term moisture deficits.

Mother Nature granted that wish. From March through May, much of the region saw plentiful rains that replenished dry soil conditions.

The elation of emerging from drought turned to despair over the course of one weekend in June, when record-breaking rains swelled area rivers already running higher than normal because of the wet spring to levels never seen before and led to flooding that devastated several Siouxland communities.

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