Northeast Vermont faced another round of summer devastation this week as torrential rain and severe flooding hit the region, compounding the damage from historic floods earlier in the month. In St. Johnsbury, the storm unleashed around 8 inches of rain, causing significant disruption to travel and local events. Cherry Susan, owner of a bed and … Read more
A raging flood pulled a family’s home of more than 50 years into the Blue Earth River in southern Minnesota this week, as a community watched in horror. The river’s water flow had tripled in three days after 11 to 18 inches of rain fell in a little more than a week. The swollen river … Read more
Kathryn Barber stood on a closed section of Iowa Highway 141, overwhelmed by the sight of the Little Sioux River’s floodwaters. Only the roof of a nearby home remained visible above the water. Once dry and dusty ball fields now resembled marinas, with foul poles and scoreboards barely emerging from the flood. Barber and her … Read more
Heat advisories warning of potentially record-breaking temperatures were active Monday across a vast swath of the U.S. as Iowa and other parts of the Plains region braced for more rain after recent floods triggered hundreds of rescues and evacuations, and caused immense damage. Record-Breaking Heat Grips the Nation Tens of millions of people across the … Read more