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Last Updated: Feb 15, 2010 - 2:25 PM |
Looking west at the new Cross County High School at Hwy 81/66 Jct. The corner ditch is full and up to the edge of Hwy 81.
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Flood water has reached the scale at the United Farmers Cooperative location in Stromsburg.
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The bicycle/walking path disappears under water at Buckley Park in Stromsburg.
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Volunteers help to sandbag the home of Barbara Lamoree in Stromsburg as flood water threatens her home.
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The home of Craig Westring, located south of Buckley Park along the Blue River in Stromsburg is surrounded by flood waters.
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This country road located one mile east and one mile south of Stromsburg was completely underwater. The construction equipment belonging to a company installing underground fiber optic cable in the area was parked in a field just off the road and is now surrounded by flood water. The workers were using a boat to get to their equipment to assess the situation.
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Davis Creek on the east edge of Osceola is also flooded and out of its banks. Debris that was washed away is floating in the flood water.
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After the flood water began going down the damage to the walking bridge in Buckley Park was visible.
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Country roads were flooded all around Polk County. This road is located between Stromsburg and Osceola near the Quandt residence.
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Jerry Westring of WAW Construction drove his jeep through over two feet of water in the driveway at the home of his partner, Craig Westring, to go back to their shop to pick up supplies.
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This country road off of Highway 81 just south of Stromsburg was flooded from the Big Blue River.
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Highway 69 from Shelby to Gresham remained closed for several days, as water continued to flow over the road from the flood.
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Patrons were unable to get to the trash compactor in Osceola last week, as the area was completely surrounded by water. The shop, owned by Addam Gabel, had water as high as the window on the door, which is approximately 3-4 feet.
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Flood water flowed across this country road south of Shelby.
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Playground equipment is barely visible in the flood waters in Buckley Park in Stromsburg.
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Prairie Creek which runs through Buckley Park in Stromsburg had water up to the bridge, but did not run onto the highway.
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Fast moving flood water created a waterfall effect in a ditch by Osceola.
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This trailer owned by Rich Lacey of Osceola was parked north of the Osceola car wash and was flooded by Davis Creek.
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Husker Coop elevator in Osceola was flooded by the storm.
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Cattle were surrounded by flood water and were stranded in a pasture south of Shelby.
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Rain water rose quickly in Stromsburg during the heavy rain storm last week.
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A semi driver thought he could make it through the water on Highway 81/92 by Plains Power & Equipment in Osceola Thursday morning, but he lost sight of the road and ended up in the ditch.
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Jon and Nancy Tonniges of Osceola received a lot of water damage from the overflow of Davis Creek. Their horse barn and pens were underwater, and water also was reported in their basement.
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