Massive rainfall causes flooding in Iowa while U.S. faces heat blanket

This morning, a disaster emergency in the Heartland following catastrophic flooding in Iowa. 21 counties virtually underwater following massive rainfall which appears to have blindsided. Many residents early Saturday now forced to be evacuated. Drone video capturing the aftermath of the torrential downpours. In Sioux County, the water emerging homes as rescue crews scramble to reach stranded residents. Things have been changing along the big. So this is new territory for us. Governor Kim Reynolds looking over the floods from above the flooding part of a wild start to the summer season. I think I've had enough because it seems like it's rained about every day for the last two weeks. So I'm ready for it to dry out a little bit and more heavy rain, battering the southern us. All the rain coming as more than 100 million Americans coping with scorching temperatures. The I 95 corridor baked, the heat is just unimaginable. Temperatures in the nation's capital hit 100 degrees the first time in June since 2012. It's very hot. It's too hot.

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Published: Sun Jun 23 2024