Council Bluffs braces for flooding to reach community

Floodwater from northwest Iowa is expected to flow downriver over the next few days, swelling the Missouri River and testing the levee system protecting the metropolitan area. > react

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This stretch of Interstate 29 remains closed in southwest Iowa. (Drone photo by the Council Bluffs Police Department) Governor Kim Reynolds and the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management ... Read More
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Interstate 29 and Interstate 680 are closed due to rising water levels on the Missouri River. The Iowa Department of Transportation said I-29 is closed from milepost 55 (25th Street in Council Bluffs) ... Read More
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The Missouri River continues to swell as floodwater moves downriver, and predictions for the extent of flooding that Council Bluffs will face continues to change. Read More
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