As 2024 began, Siouxland needed moisture. After experiencing months of drought and dry conditions, the area was in desperate need of above-normal spring rainfall to make up for long-term moisture deficits.
Mother Nature granted that wish. From March through May, much of the region saw plentiful rains that replenished dry soil conditions.
The elation of emerging from drought turned to despair over the course of one weekend in June, when record-breaking rains swelled area rivers already running higher than normal because of the wet spring to levels never seen before and led to flooding that devastated several Siouxland communities.
“You had everything necessary for an event like this to happen come together at the same time,” said Justin Glisan, Iowa’s state climatologist.
Floodwaters washed out a section of Northshore Drive in McCook Lake, South Dakota, causing several homes to be heavily damaged.
Flooding caused hundreds of millions of dollars in …
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