Iowa residents survey damage amid catastrophic flooding

[Music] deadly and destructive flood waters ravage Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota good evening I'm nor odonnell and thank you for being with us millions of Americans are under threat as Rivers continue to rise with some reaching record levels hundreds of homeowners have fled to Higher Ground as authorities brace for even more rain the record flooding has reached the rooftops of buildings cut off entire neighborhoods and shut down roads and major highways and new tonight authorities are warning that a key Dam in Minnesota is in danger of an imminent failure that is a breach that could lead to a massive evacuation now all this as dangerous heat bakes more than a dozen states where it will feel like 100 in 10 in several cities we have Team coverage of the wild weather and cbs's Jonah Kaplan will start us off in farm country rain is usually a blessing but not like this where do you start Jeremy and Sarah fry took us inside their home as they searched for anything they could Salvage which part is so distressing um the memories our marriage license our photo albs are down in our everythings items can be replaced but not that stuff the little Sue river is cresting nearly 6 feet above its previous record this neighborhood in Spencer it's about a half a mile away from the little Sue River and already you could see how high the water was and how much lower it's gotten those cars were fully submerged still the disaster it's really only just begun most of these folks here they don't have flood insurance Insurance including Stephanie Henrich who runs a center for sexual assault victims and a food bank we help people right and now for the first time in a long time I'm asking for an hour to the West in Rock Valley a levy gave way another Rush of water pouring into this town of 4,000 residents in Mano Minnesota this 110y old Dam failed the state's Governor calling out the National Guard we have about 18 Ines of rain over the last couple of weeks um what's happened is we've inundated the ground and I think the term people are using is unprecedented another term they're using is United back and Spencer Mark and Cindy Hinton just lost their home of 35 years we'll get through it know we always do 48 years we've been through a lot of things and we'll get through this despite the waters receding here there are still flood warnings from the National Weather Service for about a dozen waterways and they all flow into the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers both of which are still rising and as if that wasn't enough there are still risks of storms this week Nora Jonah Kaplan thank you for being there

Channel: CBS Evening News

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Keywords: Storm Damage, Iowa, Severe Weather, Flooding, Flood, CBS Evening News, U.S.

Id: hVIZ12yRwVk

Length: 2min 39sec (159 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 24 2024