06-25-2024 McCook Lake, South Dakota - Catastrophic Flooding

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McCOOK LAKE - NORTH SIOUX CITY, South Dakota - More catastrophic flooding damage to infrastructure, roads, and homes off of the Big Sioux River and McCook Lake from the flooding event that has been ongoing across the region this June of 2024.
#Flooding #SouthDakota #NorthSiouxCity

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Wow, that is the worst flood erosion damage I have ever seen and I have been involved in emergency services disaster response for over a decade.

[@1nm1]

Reminds me of Lake Delton disappearing in 2008 (Wisconsin Dells area).

[@Fatmaninlilcoat]

You can't just "rebuild" that. Insane.

[@HappyHarryHardon]

Sure we can. We built it once we can build it again.

[@Gfysimpletons]

@@HappyHarryHardon😊

[@ABNMPmama]

I’m an Oklahoman who grew up on the Arkansas River, but now lives up river, on the other side of the damn, and higher in elevation. My mama had to evacuate the last major flood that made national news to our house. The levy was leaking near her neighborhood. Lifelong friend’s houses were completely submerged. Still, it never looked anything like this. The amount of water with the rate of flow had to have been overwhelming and staggering. This is awful, and will take a long time to recover from. I’m so sorry.

[@Psalm91-1]

The erosion is so bad, because the water was intentionally diverted into McCook lake. They did not want the floodwaters to go into the Dakota Dunes area which consists of million dollar homes and businesses. McCook lake residents were the fall guys. Dakota dunes is in a known floodplain. McCook Lake residents were told to remove their flood insurance due to the fact that they would never be flooded and were not in a floodplain. This was just last year. This is devious and disgusting.

[@OkamiToge]

All of that erosion is CRAZY it surely is catastrophic damage flood wise.

[@TBATG]

THATS SOUTH DAKOTA!? Oh my! This damage is phenomenal, as someone who lives in Louisiana and has saw extreme flooding here, this damage beats it by 85%. Its like a whole tsunami came through there. We all need to pray for these people. Because this is insane.

[@eviljesus6111]

Soonami damages is VERY BAD

[@edbouhl3100]

Looking at Google Earth, it looks like this neighborhood was build along an isolated oxbow of the river (‘the lake’). Which itself shows the river historically meanders back and forth over the floodplain (breaking out of its current banks, forming new ones). These folks apparently were caught in a massive meander from the flood flow.

[@lk3667]

Thank you for your intelligent and informative comment. I'm looking at Google Earth now.

[@robertevans2450]

Is the oxbow from the Missouri? Isn't it the Big Sioux that is the supply of the flooding in North Sioux City? The Missouri isn't as high as it was in '19 is it? McCook faired well in that flood if memory serves. I don't know how true it is, but I was told they diverted water from the Big Sioux north of North Sioux City and the outflow of that diversion was upstream of McCook or at McCook. If that is true, this is a man-made incident not natural.

[@lilliputlittle]

The horrible thing is - the state declared the area to no longer be in the flood plane a few years ago so the homes no longer had flood insurance. The state knew that and purposely flooded the area anyway to save a different area.

[@jodyj8528]

The complete washout of roads and streets and infrastructure is just so beyond . . . anything. I mean, even if a house or two escaped, the roads are gone. Just mind-blowing. And sad.

[@58jennypenny]

oh my goodness, where do you start with such devastation? I do hope no one was badly hurt or worse.

[@faithijn8338]

Staggering! The erosion by water is Catastrophic! Praying for these folks it looks like they had little or no warning in time to even get vehicles out. I pray there is no loss of life. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@kootybear]

The power of water never ceases to amaze me.

[@benetta8275]

Devastating! I will be praying for all the people affected by this horrific disaster!🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@TouchingClothProd]

Great. You could also donate to relief efforts. You know, do something that is going to make an *actual* difference 🙂

[@benetta8275]

@@TouchingClothProd I will follow your lead.

[@LarryLunchbox]

Who do you pray to…the same one who did it?

[@HEAVENBOUND267]

Honey, this is judgement of God. No need to pray. Let Him work. Let Him show these people in this nation who He is. Remember, God put an X across America. He has removed His hand of protection and the US hasn't seen anything yet.

[@benetta8275]

Why all the hate? Is is it so wrong to want to pray for humanity? Wow I am very dissapointed in my fellow human beings that take the time to hurt my feelings when all I did was say prayers for people whom I dont know and for them to be safe!! I will pray for those whom cant keep their nasty thoughts to themselves! Get a new hobby! God Bless all those affected by these devastating natural disasters. 🙏🙏

[@lindabeck1526]

Stay strong Dakota 🇺🇸

[@wandagriffin1889]

Keep strong don't give up the Lord is with you.

[@piccalillipit9211]

Climate change is with them

[@brewsandbass5572]

That's going to take a long time to fix.

[@seanreid349]

Maybe crusty kristi can fix it

[@billyboy1093]

She's too busy on national TV making a fool of herself.

[@barryrahn5957]

How horrible. I've never seen such convoluted flood paths and those deep channels cut between the houses. I can't imagine going through that flood.

[@lauraentrekin8527]

Don’t build your house right next to the river 🤪

[@SorobanWorld]

... in the flood plain.

[@AnnesAnimalRescues-lu1db]

No houses should be allowed near rivers or wetlands or the low areas that will flood naturally at some point during heavy rain years. . People need to respect that part of the natural world. If they choose otherwise, they get what these pictures show. It might only happen once in a century, but at some point, it will happen. People like to put faith in manmade stuff, such as levees and dams too. That can lead to devastation as well.

[@Stacie45]

Don't mean to sound insensitive but this is what rivers do in flood plains, it is how all that fertile bottom land is created that people love to live on and farm. When people constrict the flow of the rivers, sooner or later the water finds a way. Nature always has the last word.

[@ascensionlady5318]

Wow! What an impressive video! Thank you, always! God protect you.

[@Carolb66]

Omg this is just awful, the dajage is insane. My yeart goes to all of you affected by this catastrophe. Is the government declaring it a disaster zone so funds can be freed up to help? I hope so, How do you recover from this? 😢❤

[@Gary65437]

Wow, that is one messed up waterfront community and nice new houses destroyed. I wonder if home insurance will pay up or would it be covered if you had flood ins? Pretty sure a nightmare regardless.

[@contactpq]

It takes an act of nature to reveal just how shoddy the work is that goes in building the places we live in .. the ancient architects built roads that lasted for centuries and now we get roads and highways that are only good for a few years

[@lauraservey495]

So many sink holes!

[@gordonliddy9418]

This is a great example of why people shouldn't build homes in a flood plane. It's sad to see so much destruction, but folks need to be smarter on where to build their homes.

[@thebeans804]

The power of water is really terrifying.😢

[@Greenwithao]

i have never seen erosion like this. was the water fast or something about the soil that made it venerable?

[@martin31049]

Holy Cow!

[@cavejohnson8665]

It looks like the Big Sioux trying to cut a new channel through the lake to the Missouri.

[@goodday23456]

Get the National Guard to send all that water to Idaho where the local government is preventing farmers from watering their crops, as in potatoes.

[@stevengoff5291]

Let just build on the river so pretty

[@janehelbert7551]

Oh, wow!

[@Lia2222]

W O W

[@justthecomments]

The power of water is insane!

[@theshadedshadow5993]

Lots of abnormal weather patterns.

[@bigb2020]

People won’t even admit it

[@shakirabells6955]

Gosh just so bad we're so dry in my place right now just flooding or dry

[@scribbleOG]

There is absolutely no point in attempting to rebuild anything unless they plan on making it so this cant happen again

[@russellleavitt4449]

Our planet is going through some dramatic changes and it is looking bad for us 😮

[@katiehettinger7857]

Can we all stop arguing about climate change and start working together to figure out way to save people, their homes and livelihoods. It's just going to get worse and we can mitigate the loses. Soon insurance companies will either charge more than most of us can afford or they'll go out of business.

[@jeremys5904]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@SunnyAquamarine2]

In Iowa and South Dakota there has been no response by the governors or federal governments. Minnesota has a ton of both. We have all seen how we were recently told by a former president that he wouldn't help states that had governors that weren't from his "party." So, apparently Biden is playing that game, too. But why didn't the republican governors help the states where they're CURRENTLY THE GOVERNOR?

[@OregonGrower420]

That’s what happens when you cut down trees and have a bunch of land that’s dirt. Less farming and more water absorbing plants

[@AnnesAnimalRescues-lu1db]

And the whole planet needs way less humans as well.

[@JL-nj4qq]

I said out loud.. whoa that’s fucked!! God keep the people safe

[@Dredster747]

Perfectly good Suburban just left there? Insurance fraud if I've ever seen it

[@michaelturner5919]

geo-engineering and its results! NOT god pist off cause you didnt vote correctly. solid footage thank u

[@windridermaui]

Tartaria and The Mud Floods!

[@carrollnigg8194]

Those who believe in climate change and expect government to control the weather - you have to be kidding! I was born in the state of South Dakota. The major dams were built to control flooding. Use google earth to see the massive dams that were built in the 1950's to hold that monster river back. Several factors contribute to flooding. One factor is our brilliant government decided we needed ethanol to be added to gasoline. So millions of acres of virgin prairie was replaced with corn. The virgin prairies were mother nature's sponges and absorbed water. what developed after our government did this is lakes developed throughout the state where in past there were none. Near my home town they had to rebuilt the highway three times to get it above the water. This was a US Highway. Flooding is nothing new as the Missouri will join the Mississippi and head south and flood. Lastly, the desire by some to have a river or lakefront home is something to often has it downside. The same people who buy into climate change also want the dams removed. If you don't believe me you should follow the news in Oregon.

[@you2angel1]

Yikes 😿 & here America has 🍊💩 blasting the current Administration for passing an infrastructure bill. Which was needed 24 years ago before these things were set to FAIL. °~•.☆.•~° ❤ Prayers to the families, the victims, the community and the department. Prayers important because the remind us that this s*** does happen and it has its impact.

[@you2angel1]

I am just thankful there's a bill in place to help stop a lot of these disasters from happening in the near future. °~•.☆.•~°

[@robertevans2450]

Can you point out where there was going to be spending in McCook or even in South Dakota that would have amounted to anything significant in this event? If you can't, then you're just talking out your ass. Maybe you got an ass big enough to talk from frequently, but it surely isn't a good look. After all, just because this is a video of damaged infrastructure in McCook, and the bill you're referencing has the word 'infrastructure' in it, doesn't make the two in any relation to each other.

[@risa_sh.youtube3244]

⚠️⚠️⚠️🙏🙏🙏 🎯🌍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 The world 🌍 has changed **Nam myoho rengekyo** 🙏 Pray 🌍 peace 🕊️ be safe _______// X2 Thai

[@ghewins]

What the hell happened?

[@spacestarkid28]

Weather Wars 🌊🌧️are Bankers Wars 🏦🏧💰🤑.

[@MartinezBros805]

Geoengineering gone wild 2024 ☁️☁️☁️ ✈️

[@neurogence]

This nation is marked X for Judgment

[@SorobanWorld]

Do not ascribe to God what mistakes man makes.

[@69judge27]

ALMIGHTY GOD IS NOT PLAYIN' WITH YOU PEOPLE 😎🎸

[@ForApps-tp1dt]

All praises, honor, and glory to the most High 🙌🏻

[@DiscipleofHim]

Anyone left still not believing the planet is heating up? Like those chained in Pluto's Allegory of the Cave , they only see whats in front of them and not what is really happening in the world.

[@itguy4055]

Heats up in the summer and cools off in the winter....it happens 😂

[@WinZoloft]

@@itguy4055This is true. Except now, with an overload of heat trapping gases in the atmosphere, it gets warmer than it used to. A warmer atmosphere can hold more water, so when it rains, it might rain harder than ever before. This ain’t normal and to suggest otherwise is to ignore the suffering of so many of our fellow countrymen and women. It’s time to face the problem head on and get on with fixing it in order to save our great nation from this existential threat to its wellbeing. Cheers.

[@SandyF_trouble]

The planet will survive. She's been here for billions of years. Thanks for caring.

[@itguy4055]

@WinZoloft yawn....zzzz....boring....oh you were talking about something? Sorry was too busy not worrying about whatever fear you constantly live in.

[@Bill-sp8kb]

You're still off your meds?!

[@Glorymole-pv2gt]

Global warming

[@aja1071]

Remember Geo Engineering weather manipulation was perfected by HARRP decades ago. Floods Fires(DEW) Tornadoes Earthquake s watch the Documentary The Dimming. ?

[@Michael0663-qo4wx]

“This is normal, it’s summertime.” MAGA response

[@MaryALucas]

LORD GOD HAVE MERCY. REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS COME.....

[@heatherdodge844]

These are the new ruins, from massive floods, tornadoes and fires, that someone in the future will discover. These places cannot be rebuilt. They are trashed, well beyond human ability to salvage or repair. No amount of money can fix this.The people are overwhelmed with despair, loss and hopelessness. Now that the US Air Force owns the weather, this is what they've done with it.

[@piccalillipit9211]

*EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE** a V8 truck or an SUV - why should I feel sorry for people who made NO EFFORT to help prevent climate change...???? * except ONE...!!!

[@harley-davidson6933]

That is ALL INTENTIONAL. Dams breaking all around same time. Yea weather is cause my ass

[@texasstardust6010]

Yes indeed. I do not understand how people cannot see what's going on right in front of them.......

[@Peachee1111]

Time of recompense has come Edom

[@billyboy1093]

It's intentional alright, the right wing has intentionally called climate change a hoax and has fought tooth and nail to do absolutely nothing about it!

[@norm2264]

Who voted for Biden good luck trying to get help they want to vote for him again I'm not giving them 10 cents😅😅

[@SorobanWorld]

Oh, hey, let's make this disaster about politics.

[@user-uz1fq1md2c]

LETS NOT FORGET THAT THIS WAS INDIANS LAND BEFORE IT WAS STOLEN FROM THEM!!!!

[@3orion33]

What in the world does that comment have to do with this video ? ! ? ! These current homeowners simply need our condolences and help.

[@ForApps-tp1dt]

And to be clear, Indians = Negros...not the 5 dollar Indians you see today. Negros are indigenous to this land.

[@OkamiToge]

Indians slaughtered and killed each other all the time, stealing land from each other 😂 always some clown.

[@this_number]

Provocateurs of race unknown-but most likely descendants of Vikings and the Wehrmacht will reverse troll the comments so ignore this nonsense…

[@SandyF_trouble]

And the animals before that.

[@Mantaracer]

Al Gore made a documentary about this!

[@Mantaracer]

What climate change?