Drivers are still asked to stay off Nobles County township roads because of flooding that has plagued the entire region.
Though the water has gone down in some locations, Nobles County Emergency Management Director Tawn Hall said, roads are not safe to drive on. People should also not fish off the banks or locations missing culverts. They should also avoid swimming, kayaking and cannoning down the water running through the township road, as there are very strong currents running through the ditches that can cause very dangerous situations.
The latest heavy rains resulted in a cumulative total of 5.61 inches of rain being measured at the Worthington Wastewater Treatment Plant on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings. A total of 2.97 inches was measured on Saturday morning, and several streets in Worthington and multiple other communities were barricaded due to flooding. Lake Okabena in Worthington as had yet to crest as of Monday.
In terms of other southwest Minnesota communities, the State Street bridge in Jackson is now closed for safety reasons, and volunteers in that community were continuing to fill sandbags over the weekend. In Cottonwood County, the Des Moines River was forecast to crest at 24.7 feet on Wednesday. A contingency shelter plan was in place.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz declared a peacetime emergency over the weekend, sending the Minnesota National Guard into many communities. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has declared a state of emergency for multiple Iowa counties, including Lyon, O'Brien and Osceola, as well as Clay County and Sioux County, which include the hard-hit cities of Spencer and Rock Valley, respectively.
Updates will be posted on myradioworks.net as they come to us. Include below is a small sampling of storm photos submitted to the Radio Works Headquarters Facebook page. Thanks for showing the impact of this storm
Bike trail at Worthington's Olson Park.
Entrance to Adrian Campground.
City of Heron Lake
A field on the east side of U.S. 59 north of Nobles County 14.
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