Davenport, Flash Flood
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Tiffany's Treasures shared the flooding on her Facebook page Friday night, which prompted people to help. Several items had to be thrown away due to damage.
Heavy rain caused flooding issues in Ames and rotation was observed in clouds around the Iowa Speedway in Newton while the area was under a tornado warning. Fans sheltered in place ahead of the Sukup IndyCar Race weekend at the track, and practice on Friday was cancelled.
Those cleaning up include residents evacuated to escape floodwaters; a business owner who worked to recover unique pieces and a mother who lost nursing school supplies and her daughter's clothes.
A flash flood emergency was declared in Davenport, Iowa, and surrounding areas Friday as heavy rainfall inundated the area.
Chelsey Appleby says she and her family are now homeless after this weekend’s storm caused her water pipe to burst. She says her basement wall caved in, and her home could possibly collapse due to the damage.
Still clearing branches and debris? Davenport residents can skip the fees for now as well as drop off debris at the Davenport compost facility at no charge.
Additional dangerous flash flooding incidents are likely in the coming days as high humidity, daytime heat and storm systems interact from the Atlantic Seaboard to the Plains, Gulf coast and Southwest.
EF2 tornado touches down near the Quad Cities The heavy rainfall in eastern Iowa started on July 10, and 2 inches of rain fell in less than four hours in eastern Iowa, NWS reported. Flash flooding In the lead-up to the 2020 election,