Aerial video captures flooding in Rock Valley, Iowa

People in hundreds of homes where told to evacuate early Saturday in Rock Valley, Iowa, as the nearby Rock River could no longer take the heavy rain that has slammed the region.
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[@puppybasket3906]

Storms this year have been crazy! Had trees coming down, half my shingles blown off and no power for six days already and it looks like this is just getting started. Sending prayers for these poor folks!

[@irenafarm]

We had three storms spawn tornadoes here this spring, one an EF-2 - we’ve never had a single tornado touch down in this area in recorded history (and our history goes back to the 1700s!). Warmer air holds more moisture. Moisture powers up storms.

[@magesalmanac6424]

Welcome to the future

[@user-kv1hy3vu1k]

Geo engineering whether manipulation. Wake up

[@pplr1]

@@magesalmanac6424 Yup. This is 1 of the many results of Global Warming.

[@pplr1]

@@user-kv1hy3vu1k Called Global Warming.

[@colorkitties]

It has been raining almost every day here in MN, just north of IA. People are having to sandbag up here, too.

[@WarnTwice]

Totally normal weather. Right?

[@A3Kr0n]

New normal.

[@skreety0455]

Mother always said there would be tough times ahead😢

[@WarnTwice]

@@skreety0455 We will get to witness (be apart of) mass human migration. Lucky to live in interesting times, I guess.

[@skreety0455]

@@WarnTwice Just part of history. One day the Americas will all be One due to economic necessity. A way to go still, but that's life....for better or worse.......

[@LinuxUser00]

Global Warming really has accelerated ever since global shipping regulators banned sulfur in emissions in 2020.

[@animalslivesmatter183]

My thoughts and prayers r with all😢😢😢😢

[@tonyarichards5430]

That water used to be a glacier.

[@melliegirl520]

😉😉😉

[@voltaire3001]

Water is life. I have no doubt that the local water supply is now contaminated and unsafe. Growers may lose entire season.

[@My-Pal-Hal]

Growers should be fine. It's actually the plants that clean a lot of that water. They're not to picky 😊

[@skreety0455]

Water needs to be bottled now❤

[@user-kv1hy3vu1k]

That is the whole point! They want us dead.

[@AmandeepSingh-zc7lv]

ਕਲਯੁਗ ਹੈ ਕਲਯੁਗ। ਸਾਧਾਰਣ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦੀ ਰੂਹ ਨੇ ਇੱਕ ਦਿਨ ਆਪਣੀ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਬਰਬਾਦ ਕਰ ਲੈਣਾ ਹੈ।

[@WyattsVlog]

Idk how this happens when your no where near a coastline. Yall have a great infrastructure

[@Vector_Ze]

Whaaa??? It's called too much rain.

[@magesalmanac6424]

Too much rain and too much cement and concrete. The ground can absorb rain (usually) but if the ground is covered too much, the water has no place to go.

[@corey6393]

@@magesalmanac6424 Very little concrete and pavement in Northern Iowa. This has nothing to do with too much impervious surface like your typical cityscape, it is all about excessive rains and flat ground. The rich farmland can only hold so much water. The Rock River has flooded its banks and this is the result. I have family a few miles North, and the situation is vary serious. BTW, Cement is a part of concrete. Concrete is what you see when cement is mixed, poured, tooled, and cured.

[@Vector_Ze]

@@magesalmanac6424 This is not NYC or Atlanta, it's rural, largely farmland. Flooding can result from too much rain anywhere.

[@pplr1]

This happens in part thanks to Global Warming. It brings both worse droughts and heavier rains when it does rain. Heavier rains mean more flooding.

[@vzuzukin]

What happened? Torrential rains?

[@myronparks3495]

Heavy rain the last 3 days. My youngest brother lives in Rock Valley

[@skreety0455]

Broken gas leak?😮

[@pplr1]

Global Warming. The droughts get drier and the rains get heavier.

[@CaitlinClark22Fan]

A lot of heavy rain. 4 people have died so far including a 3 year old girl.💔

[@pplr1]

@@CaitlinClark22Fan Sad. Global Warming don't care about how old the people are it kills.

[@ILOVEKIWIS1]

It happend here in Spencer the sewage became a guisar and now the roads are flooded

[@tonyarichards5430]

*geyser, sweetie.

[@ILOVEKIWIS1]

@@tonyarichards5430thanks for the help!!!

[@northpole8634]

Red state?

[@skreety0455]

So red it's scarlet. But Tomorrow is Another Day❤❤

[@corey6393]

Why do you ask? Is it the Repub's fault that this town is flooded?

[@pplr1]

"Is it the Repub's fault that this town is flooded?" Actually yes it is. This is part of Global Warming. Republicans have been blocking dealing with Global Warming for years (likely due to how much oil company money has flowed to their political party and individual campaigns). So yes, flooding is increasingly becoming certain people's fault.

[@pplr1]

@@skreety0455 Hmm. I don't see a comment I left earlier. I mention Republicans fighting against doing something about Global Warming again but did you see it?

[@chaddydad1]

No audio,I hope we can help them all get cleaned up and back to normal.

[@WarnTwice]

They should build their houses on stilts, cause this will continue to happen.

[@skreety0455]

What is NORMAL?😮

[@patsmith8874]

How much rain ?

[@philliphall5198]

Dam it takes bad 😢

[@augustusb3501]

APTTMH!

[@_evL_]

The Wise Man builds his house on a Rock.... The Foolish Man builds his house on the Sand...

[@gino2634]

flooding all over the world

[@Vector_Ze]

Well, not really. Other places are in drought, or extreme heat, or early season tropical storms, or wildfires. None of it is surprising, chaotic weather has been the projected result of climate in flux for decades. The question is, what will it take to convince deniers like @cbrashsorensen ? It will get worse before it gets better.

[@pplr1]

Global Warming happens all over the world.

[@mariaguadaluperizo8661]

❤❤❤❤desprogramacion de los egregos enundacionesmentales al infinito❤❤❤

[@artyfuffkin7805]

Insephilitious will become a big problem later this summer and down South

[@un0travieso]

I heard this joke. It goes like this: “Climate change only happens four times a year.” Are you laughing?

[@seandenzelrhymer760]

Whoosh

[@tamaravesela3040]

🙏🏻❤

[@fdjt241]

Hear the magats speak. Blub blub blub.

[@kerrynight3271]

You're making things worse.

[@LoriCurl]

@@kerrynight3271 By speaking truth?

[@skreety0455]

Is this a Repub neighborhood??😢

[@corey6393]

DFL

[@pplr1]

@@corey6393 Wrong state. That said, Global Warming can hit many people's neighborhood.

[@jeanfoley3266]

💔😭🙏 🙏........

[@Dan-ro2tv]

Wat happened

[@pplr1]

Global Warming. Droughts get drier and rains become heavier-the last 1 makes floods more likely and worse.

[@tonysangiovanni5396]

Besides hedge funds; this is another REAL reason for inflation. We must plan for these events to continue. Sorry for the people trying to make a living. It's a hard work process.

[@SolutionsNotPrayers]

★ When a natural disaster becomes election interference 😂. ★ It's no longer a Swing State, but a Swim State 😂.

[@mariaguadaluperizo8661]

Desprogramacion mental al infinito❤ la verdad de los controladores de los umanos y como ser libres jonas l.mamani Hipnosis❤❤yeshua❤la muerte no existe❤❤

[@user-kv1hy3vu1k]

They must want this for their 15 minute city

[@SteveSmith-kd9if]

🌎🐉👈🔫💯!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@user-xn8in8pq7k]

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[@kcpearson334]

no such thing as climate change, r right Iowa?!

[@wendyhack8644]

I’ve not much sympathy for climate deniers.

[@jimgalle1371]

Brain dead comment .... Look up Grand Solar Minimum .... Blame all this CHANGE on the Sun ... or don't, and remain IGNORANT!

[@magesalmanac6424]

Same, considering they vote for deniers in office too.

[@debanda4504]

Or HAArP and weather modifications deniers

[@fuadhuskic234]

Not bad for beginning

[@cbrashsorensen]

Just weather. Move on.

[@TxivnraugcuamDub]

Now God’s ready to fight

[@fortisfortunaadiuvat9262]

AP report skewered for omitting men suspected of murdering Houston girl were illegal immigrants:

[@EdgarGarcia-un4ri]

Were is joe biden

[@scrounger]

Joe Biden is getting his diaper changed again. That's where he is.

[@pplr1]

Probably trying to deal with the Global Warming that is increasingly the reason for things like this.

[@doktortutankamazon31]

Ask you mom.

[@EdgarGarcia-un4ri]

Ah forget this is not ukraine it's iowa

[@augustusb3501]

APTTMH!