PHOTOS: Hawarden floods; residents evacuating
Floodwaters from the Big Sioux River, inundate Hawarden, Iowa, forcing large-scale sandbagging and evacuations.
Hawarden flooding
A person holds a dog while being evacuated in the bucket of a front end loader in Hawarden, Iowa, Saturday, June 22, 2024, in the wake of flooding from the Big Sioux River. Massive upstream rainfall sent the river over its banks in Hawarden causing massing flooding that prompted evacuations.
Hawarden flooding
A family loads up pets while evacuating their home in Hawarden, Iowa, Saturday, June 22, 2024, in the wake of flooding from the Big Sioux River. Massive upstream rainfall sent the river over its banks in Hawarden causing massing flooding that prompted evacuations.
Hawarden flooding
Volunteers sandbag at Central Park in Hawarden, Iowa, Saturday, June 22, 2024, in the wake of flooding from the Big Sioux River. Massive upstream rainfall sent the river over its banks in Hawarden causing massing flooding that prompted evacuations.
Hawarden flooding
People use plastic to try to keep flood waters at bay in Hawarden, Iowa, Saturday, June 22, 2024, in the wake of flooding from the Big Sioux River. Massive upstream rainfall sent the river over its banks in Hawarden causing massing flooding that prompted evacuations.
Hawarden flooding
Volunteers sandbag at Central Park in Hawarden, Iowa, Saturday, June 22, 2024, in the wake of flooding from the Big Sioux River. Massive upstream rainfall sent the river over its banks in Hawarden causing massing flooding that prompted evacuations.
Hawarden flooding
A deer wades to safety through a flooded farm field south of Hawarden, Iowa, on June 22 in the wake of flooding from the Big Sioux River.
Hawarden flooding
Austin Kenner and Shaina Smith, both of Akron, Iowa, walk along Highway 12 between Akron and Hawarden while looking at washed out railroad tracks Saturday, June 22, 2024, in the wake of flooding from the Big Sioux River. Massive upstream rainfall sent the river over its banks in Hawarden causing flooding that prompted evacuations.
Hawarden flooding
Works dump sand on Highway 12 while building a berm in Hawarden, Iowa, Saturday, June 22, 2024, in the wake of flooding from the Big Sioux River. Massive upstream rainfall sent the river over its banks in Hawarden causing massing flooding that prompted evacuations.
Hawarden flooding
A truck loaded with sand moves through Highway 12 in Hawarden, Iowa, Saturday, June 22, 2024, in the wake of flooding from the Big Sioux River. Massive upstream rainfall sent the river over its banks in Hawarden causing massing flooding that prompted evacuations.
Hawarden flooding
A worker moves sand bags through Central Avenue in Hawarden, Iowa, Saturday, June 22, 2024, in the wake of flooding from the Big Sioux River. Massive upstream rainfall sent the river over its banks in Hawarden causing flooding that prompted evacuations.
Hawarden flood evacuee tells her story
Hawarden flooding
Members of Iowa Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue based at Sioux City Fire Rescue walk a rescue boat through floodwaters on 11th St. in Hawarden, Iowa, Saturday, June 22, 2024, in the wake of flooding from the Big Sioux River. Massive upstream rainfall sent the river over its banks in Hawarden causing flooding that prompted evacuations.
"It was an amazing feat of nature how fast that water rose from the Big Sioux River and the amount of debris that was coming down," said Lou Ann Lindblade, who said the Sioux City Railroad Museum's entire yard is under water.Â
