Aerial footage shows flooding in Iowa city

The governor of Iowa sent helicopters to a small town to evacuate people from flooded homes Saturday, the result of weeks of rain.
Drone video posted by the local sheriff showed no streets, just roofs and the tops of trees above water.
Sirens blared in Rock Valley, Iowa, population 4,200, where people in hundreds of homes were told to get out as the Rock River could no longer take rain that has slammed the region. The city lacked running water because wells were unusable.
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[@Notactive100]

NOT Iowa City… not even close. This is in north western Iowa

[@petertheyeeter8393]

Kcrg does this to and i pisses me off, they don't think to put "a" iowa city, they put "iowa city" just use the damn name for the actual city

[@billywoodward584]

I think its time to take climate change seriously, if your politicians doesn't do that then you force them to change. If you are religious in any sort of way then remember we are only caretakers of this planet, and remember your children and Grandchildren have to inherit this world.

[@norm2264]

You're a Biden lover

[@MarVet66-uv8wo]

Our politicians only care about lining theirs and their family’s pockets, they don’t give a squat about us, their talk is all hot air, they just want our guns and our religious freedoms !

[@Mr.CrAnKy]

Climate change? This is usually Normal around this time of Yr. 😂

[@old_man_with_cane3407]

Sun spot activity needs to be considered when discussing weather...

[@emptydata-xf7ps]

Go look at weather records most modern recorded heat records are in the 1930s, long before “climate change.” It floods in the Midwest in the summer, the northeast regularly reaches the 90s in the summer. Tornadoes are frequent in the summer. Nothing has changed, it’s just broadcasted more so you think it’s getting worse.

[@californiadreaming567]

See “Inconvenient Truth” movie that predicts all of this

[@markuse3472]

Because the writer read the Bible before writing the screenplay.

[@ShellyBeaninTexas]

@@markuse3472Amen.

[@jdnelson9538]

The rightfully elected President Al Gore helped put the film Inconvenient Truth together and we would have embarked on an intensive energy campaign building solar and wind technologies instead of the George W. Bush policies of more petroleum-based energy extraction and burning. We could be seeing far less global climate change if the US Supreme Ct. hadn't interfered with the yr. 2000 election results. Too late now.

[@old_man_with_cane3407]

One should investigate the impact of the sun activity to the earth before jumping on the climate change from humans narrative...

[@lorilannholm6224]

Seed Clouding, maybe? It's one catastrophic after another recently.

[@maryshkamiceli8388]

Please broaden ABCs coverage of these floods to include wildlife, farm animals, chickens housed in massive barns and how they are impacted. There are other victims (& survivors) of climate change catastrophic weather events who are not human. Nonhuman victims are losing their homes and "real estate" too.

[@theeverlastingriver]

No such thing as climate change, it's God's warning of His return. Don't believe the lies of satan and his total control that is soon coming but believe the Gospel and the finished work of Christ Jesus and be saved. Jesus is coming soon wether you believe it or not.

[@mattmarrin8457]

This + the already spreading Avian Flu. Just think all the water is filled with sewage, dead animals etc.

[@LetsGoFishingWithGabe]

I live in iowa and I was driving with my dad on my way back from Canada the floods are insane houses are destroyed and farm fields are covered in water

[@cleirecarvalho457]

The same thing happened in Rio Grande Do Sul in Brazil last month 😢 70% of the state under water thousands of people lost everything they had!

[@The_Dudester]

The governor of Iowa sent helicopters to a small town to evacuate people from flooded homes Saturday, the result of weeks of rain, while much of the United States longed for relief from yet another round of extraordinary heat. Sirens blared at 2 a.m. in Rock Valley, Iowa, population 4,200, where people in hundreds of homes were told to get out as the Rock River could no longer take rain that has slammed the region. The city lacked running water because wells were unusable. “We've got National Guard helicopters coming in where people are on their roofs - literally on their roofs or the second floor because their first floor is completely flooded,” Mayor Kevin Van Otterloo said. “We've had so much rain here,” he said. “We had four inches last night in an hour and a half time. Our ground just cannot take anymore.” Gov. Kim Reynolds declared a disaster for Sioux County, which includes Rock Valley. Drone video posted by the local sheriff showed no streets, just roofs and the tops of trees above water.

[@InnocentPotato-pd7wi]

Governor Kim Reynolds needs to read my post !IMHO. 🤔🤔🤔🦅🪶🦅🪶🦅🪶🦅🪶❤️💛🖤🤍 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💚💙💚💙💚💙💚💙💚💙💙💚💚

[@marlinweekley51]

Maybe the problem is language. They have denied climate change so long they can’t accept it even when it’s obvious. Maybe we call it “long term weather change” - whatever it takes to get people and governments to respond differently to an obvious problem.

[@The_Dudester]

@@marlinweekley51 Marlin, I am sorry, I hate to burst your bubble, but there is no such thing as "climate change." Giving up 50% of your revenue and 100% of your rights will not change the climate. Al Gore said that the ice caps would melt by 2000. then 2010, then 2020 and guess what? Not only are the ice caps still there, but they are still the same size as they were in 2000, 2010 and 2020. A video I watched last night, actually filmed in late May, the truck driver complained of the "long cold spring", and she lives in New Jersey, close to Pennsylvania. On 9/11/2001 we all saw the horrible things that happened and the skies were closed for 4 days. What happened? The temperature, nationwide, went up. Right now, the climate crazies are screaming about CO2. If you will recall your high school biology class, plants actually like CO2 and thrive because of it. Did you know that the 1930's were the hottest decade of the last 100 years, followed closely by the 1920's? I could go on, but you get it.

[@Ronniejamesleo]

​@@marlinweekley51who is they?

[@marlinweekley51]

@@Ronniejamesleo “they” are those who don’t believe in the simple science (or at least deny it for votes) of climate change affected by burning g of fossil fuels.

[@jerryloufretz1797]

So glad I'm not there. Praying for all of them.

[@patrickbush9526]

How they solved this problem in my state they made you elevate your home 10' above the 100 year flood plain or you were not eligible for flood insurance. That put a stop to people rebuilding in a flood zone area.

[@hagrid397]

What state is that?

[@carolmoline6490]

That’s a band aid though . Not a solution to climate change

[@carolmoline6490]

@@hagrid397I’d guess Texas

[@michellgreenwood7532]

Rock valley had just had a hundred years flood just ten years ago. They had a levy built and thought they were overly prepared. They basically had 2 100 year floods in 10 years, the 2nd being worse than the 1st.

[@patrickbush9526]

@michellgreenwood7532 I'm a retired long-haul trucker I bought in flood relief birthday after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. That whole city is below sea level they have a Levy system around the whole city they have pumping stations 2 pump out water every time it rains. It's insane they spent so much money rebuilding that City because it will definitely happen again. The next day when I went in there was dead bodies and animals floating in the water everywhere.

[@norm2264]

These people will never learn they'll rebuild and then they'll get flooded again and then over and over they're 😅

[@hagrid397]

Sounds like beach homes in FL. Except I don’t feel one bit sorry for those people, they know a hurricane is going to come sooner or later.

[@LifenaDay525]

Using the effects of climate change due to human ignorance as a way to promote religion is a little messed up.

[@DebbieAppelhans]

A lot missed up

[@brianajimenez4648]

Rock valley Iowa

[@Starfish2145]

A lot of cows and horses are going to drown 😢

[@StephanieJBlack-1313]

cows, pigs, poultry

[@Zennitube]

this is our future! have to start planning for unprecedented weather

[@symonphoenix7291]

What climate change🤔doesn’t this happen every year it’s the seasons they say🫤

[@Mr.CrAnKy]

That weather unpredictable 😂

[@RickySmith-zi5cz]

Almost home.

[@Sickoftheinsanity]

Oh how awful! My heart goes out to all those people!

[@veronicablondet8939]

¡¡¡¡ SEÑÓR TEN PIEDAD, CRÍSTO TEN PIEDAD...ME DUELE HASTA LAS LÁGRIMAS EL SUFRIMIÉNTO HUMANO 😲😥😢😭

[@StephanieJBlack-1313]

should've left the Prairie in place

[@evelynelder307]

Did you know in 6 days, this has doubled and now is affecting the state of iowa as a whole.

[@tiffanyblount7560]

Comfort, love and peace to all affected by this flooding.

[@cornellhoogendoorn4273]

Should show video of all the volunteers that came out to help clean up There was thousands of them streets and parking lots were full of cars Farmers and businesses took trucks and payloaders into town to help clean up Bout the whole town was cleaned up before fima showed up and most of the house were gutted Sad part is insurance is not paying out for flooding because most of the houses r not in a flood plain therefor could not get flood insurance Im afraid most ppl will have to forclose on there houses if government funding doesnt help with the mortgages on home that were destroyed

[@barbararigney2039]

You think Yah's Judgement isn't here well ya better think again and start repenting.

[@ascent8487]

This isn’t judgement. Every bad thing that happens isn’t the wrath of God. A lot of it is natural consequence. That’s not the same thing.

[@nonameuntilfurthernotice3699]

Amen well read people know of the signs of the last days non believers are in doubt as always

[@kennethloki7011]

Yall been saying the same stuff for 2000 years. Haven't been remotely close even once.

[@danbratten3103]

That is Rock Valley in northwest Iowa. That area is literally Bible Country!

[@sclogse1]

Family I knew in Des Moines lived on a rise. By themselves. Big joint. More of a compound than a home. No flood problems. Everybody hit the mall...makes sense in the winter. I wanted Old Town..

[@bobmears3732]

We were smart enough to build on top of a big, big hill.

[@mattmarrin8457]

Top global temps few years running. June temp records broken for US. 120 million Americans under heat warning. Not even July yet. 20 counties under water. After many days of constant rain. Weird its like we were warned this could happen 😅

[@bevsputler5455]

That’s why they called areas like that “Bottomland”s Ancient Lakes showing up all over the world central California dairy lands under!

[@SophiaAphrodite]

Her In Cedar Rapids we had this but much worse in 2008 then 10 years later had a derecho wipe out 70% of our trees. We are ground zero of climate change weather events.

[@c-r3187]

Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. R.F.

[@user-jk3mi2ee9z]

Not again

[@jillhorvat1730]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@tomvalveede6808]

What city in Iowa is this?

[@danbratten3103]

Rock Valley

[@josephrhinerson2049]

Oh it's terrible I'm sure trump and de.santis will help them rebuild with their millions of dollars

[@user-yg6dk9eh8g]

does iowa city tow your boat if you forget to plug the parking meter?

[@maria.vargas5511]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@nonameuntilfurthernotice3699]

Last days end signs, the good people of the good Lord knows this is a mere sign of things coming. Be In doubt all you want non believers, most people don’t believe a black man was slain and rose 3 days later… most people Don’t believe indigenous will ever come out of the position they are in, but a few do. 😶‍🌫️ the most important do.

[@jennyeagan1840]

You can or cannot believe all one does or does not want to. It's the condition of the human heart and soul to help out mankind that we are going to be judged by the most. Btw. What will be the skin colour of all of our ancestors and Jesus be when they descend from the heavens to help fight the Armaegadden?

[@danbratten3103]

That is Rock Valley in NW Iowa. That area is literally Bible country. And you should try read it more. Jesus wasn't black, He was Middle Eastern

[@gloriavalentine-zo5mp]

As in the days of Noah. They Didn't believe either. Look where it got them. A watery grave. 💦 🌊.

[@Angry20Something]

That didn't happen. There is zero evidence it happened and heaps and mounds of evidence it did not. And if it did, your god is an absolute sociopath, knowing he could have done any kind of God magic he wanted to to send a message to people or to simply change their hearts. Instead, your story says he drowned a bunch of innocent babies for the sins of their parents and sentenced millions of animals to horrific drowning deaths when they had nothing to do with it. Then you'd have to belive in hyper evolution to believe every subspecies of every species on our earth today originated 4,000 years ago. This is why we won't fix this climate change stuff. People would rather believe in fairytales that don't make a lick of sense than work on real world solutions

[@danbratten3103]

That is Rock Valley in NW Iowa. That area is literally Bible Country. Most of those towns hit by this flood are closed on Sundays because everybody is at church.