Iowa GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds on Sunday declared a disaster in Sioux County after the area was slammed with record-breaking flooding.
“I have … directed all available state resources to assist Rock Valley and other communities in northwest Iowa in response to catastrophic flooding,” she wrote on social media platform X.
Reynolds says rivers have cresting above 1993 record levels and the devastation is “widespread.”
The Des Moines Register reports a levee failed in the city, prompting evacuations north of Highway 18.
The Associated Press reported that sirens in Rock Valley, Iowa, blared at 2 a.m. on Saturday to warn people to get out of their homes due to the high levels of the Rock River.
Mayor Kevin Van Otterloo said some stranded residents could be rescued by boats.
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