The Lake Delhi Dam Collapsed
The Lake Delhi dam in eastern Iowa has failed today causing massive flooding in neighborhood communities and forcing residents to evacuate. The dam is close to 45 miles east of Cedar Rapids and suffered the catastrophic failure after massive amounts of rain.
Gov. Chet Culver advised CNN that practically 10 inches of rain fell more than a 12-hour period and the dam couldn’t hold. Jim Flansberg, Gov. Culver’s communications director advised CNN that the roads on either side of the dam had given way, in accordance with cnn.com. A 30 foot wide gap in the berm alongside the dam was reported from the National Weather Service.
Water is gushing from behind the dam for the Maquoketa River beneath and properties are engulfed by the flood waters. In Hopkinton, 700 individuals had only 5 minutes to flee their properties after evacuation sirens sounded at 1 pm. Governor Culver’s office said how the National Guard are being sent in to assist out and disaster proclamations have been issued for Delaware and Jones counties.
Thankfully so far, you will find no noted injuries. For more on this go to cnn.com.
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