By ED WHITE
Associated Press
The governor of Iowa sent helicopters to a village to evacuate people from flooded homes Saturday, the result of weeks of rain, while much of the United States wished for relief from yet another round of amazing heat.
Sirens blasted at 2 a.m. in Rock Valley, Iowa, population 4,200, where people in hundreds of homes were told to get out as the Rock River could no longer take rain that has slammed the region. Since wells were unusable, the city lacked running water.
" We've got National Guard helicopters coming in where individuals are on their roofs-- literally on their roofs or the second flooring since their very first floor is totally flooded," Mayor Kevin Van Otterloo stated.
" We've had so much rain here," he said. "We had four inches last night in an hour and a half time. Our ground just can not take any longer."
Gov. Kim Reynolds declared a disaster for Sioux County, which includes Rock Valley. Drone video posted by the regional sheriff showed no streets, just roofs and the tops of trees above water.
Elsewhere in the U.S., the unpleasant grip of heat and humidity continued. The National Weather Service said roughly 15 million individuals were under a heat warning-- the highest warning-- while another 90 million were under a heat advisory. Millions of residents throughout the country have actually had their lives interrupted by days of uncommonly heats.
The U.S. in 2015 experienced one of the most heat waves because 1936, experts stated. An Associated Press analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data found that the excessive heat added to more than 2,300 U.S. deaths, the highest number in 45 years of records.
Temperature levels around 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius) were anticipated for
Washington, D.C., and
Richmond, Virginia-- while
Philadelphia;
Newark, New Jersey;
Columbus, Ohio; and
Detroit were bracing for the high 90s.
Heat-related medical facility visits in
New York state were 500% higher than the typical June day, according to the Department of Health.
" We still have this prolonged heat wave throughout portions of the Ohio Valley and into the Northeast," weather condition service meteorologist Marc Chenard stated. "We get a bit of relief by early in the week, at least in the eastern U.S., the Northeast, but in basic above-normal temperature levels are going to cover a large part of the country even into next week."
In southeastern Michigan, DTE Energy stated 8,300 customers still did not have power Saturday early morning from storm-related interruptions, compared to 75,000 services and homes previously in the week.
Flooding from rain was South Dakota's problem. A number of highways were closed, consisting of a key stretch of Interstate 29, south of
Sioux Falls, where there were no detours.
Sioux Falls, the state's biggest city, had more than 7 inches (17.7 centimeters) of rain in 3 days.
Spencer, Iowa, said flooding required it to turn off power at the wastewater treatment plant, cutting off sewage system service in the city of 11,300 individuals.
In New Mexico, heavy rain and flash flood warnings triggered authorities to buy some necessary evacuations, with shelters established for displaced residents.
The National Weather Service workplace revealed a flash flood emergency on Friday night through early Saturday. The impacted areas included the city of
Las Vegas, New Mexico and neighborhoods near
Albuquerque.
In Ruidoso, a mountain village in New Mexico, full-time homeowners will be enabled to return Monday after they were dislodged by wildfires, though everyday life won't go back to regular.
" You're going to need to bring a week's worth of food, you're going to need to bring drinking water," Mayor Lynn Crawford stated on Facebook.
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press reporters John Hanna in Topeka, Kansas, Julie Walker in
New York City, and Ken Miller in
Oklahoma City added to this story.
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