Four counties have been declared federal disaster sites, and seven have been declared state disaster sites. One person has died, and at least 2,500 houses have been affected. The survivors are mainly low income or elderly persons. LDR funding has been provided to distribute emergency cash grants to individuals, many who are without flood insurance. Damage assessments continue through many small towns and rural areas.
Local volunteers are hard at work cleaning up mud and debris.
Resources for children are being distributed, and counselors have been deployed. We are also working with the Iowa Interfaith Disaster Response Network, which will respond to unmet needs. This is the second time Iowa has been affected this year by record or near-record floods. In May, flash flooding swept through thirteen northeastern counties, as eight inches of rain raised the already-overloaded Volga, Crane, and Turkey rivers. Please remember in your prayers our brothers and sisters in Iowa who continue to face the chaos of flooding and the heartbreak of loss.