IOWA FLOODS: Monona County residents watch and wait

CONTINUE TO RISE NEAR. I-29, I'M JOE AND KUNZ. A LEVY ON THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER OUTSIDE RODNEY. HIM UNKNOWN. A COUNTY BROKE AT ABOUT 08:00AM ON TUESDAY MORNING. >> I'M YOUR WESTERN IOWA NEIGHBORHOOD REPORTER KATRINA MARKLE. AND BEHIND ME, YOU CAN SEE THIS CAMPGROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN INUNDATED. SOME NEIGHBORS HERE IN RODNEY HAVE EVACUATED. OTHERS ARE KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE PREPARING TO LEAVE. >> HAVE LAKEFRONT PROPERTY NOW. RAY THOMAS HAS A FRONT ROW SEAT TO THE FLOODING. HE SAYS AUTHORITIES KNOCKED ON DOORS AND RODNEY AROUND 3.30, TUESDAY MORNING. NEIGHBORS NEAR THE LEVEE LEFT RIGHT AWAY. FEW HOURS LATER, HE WATCHED AS THE LEVEE BROKE. HE AND HIS WIFE ARE READY IF THEY NEED TO LEAVE. >> WE HAVE A CALLER. COULD GO STUFF IS IN A IN THE VEHICLES WE MY MOTORCYCLE ON THE A G. WE'RE GOING TO BE. WELL SAYS THAT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO GIVE LITTLE LITTLE HIGHER. WE'RE GOING TO. WE'RE GOING 2 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF ME. >> TONY CHRISTOPHERSON WATCHED AS THE WATER FLOWED NEAR HIS HOME ABOUT 10:00AM FLOODING A FIELD OF BEANS. FILL THE FIELD LOVES BAR. YOU CAN SEE THERE. >> KIND OF LITTLE IN THE MIDDLE HERE. HEAR ABOUT NOON. IT JUST CRASHED INTO THE TOP OF THAT WITHIN HOURS ALREADY DOES. FILLING UP DOWN THERE. HE'S HOPING HIS FAMILY WON'T HAVE TO EVACUATE. YEAH. JUST WATCHING THE SEA OF IT'S GOING >> THIS FAR. AND DON'T KNOW. THERE WAS NO POWER IN THE RODNEY AREA ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BUT RAY AND TONY HAVE GENERATORS TO KEEP THE AIR-CONDITIONING RUNNING IN THE HEAT. >> WINONA COUNTY ROADS, EMPLOYEES TOLD US THAT LEVEE BREACH MEASURED ABOUT 60 FEET. ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR THE DECATUR BRIDGE. A MOBILE HOME PARK IS UNDER WATER ON THE IOWA SIDE AS THE RIVER TOP 6 WATER ISN'T EXPECTED TO CREST IN WINONA COUNTY UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT GOING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BUT IT GIVES NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY COULD BE FACING IN THE COMING DAYS OUTSIDE.

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Published: Wed Jun 26 2024