I’ve got two sets of photos to share.  The first are photos from around Des Moines during the peak water levels, including the Raccoon River, Des Moines River, and some creeks.

The following photos were taken along the Des Moines River on Thursday, June 19.  The river level has receded quite a bit, and yet riverside [...]

(3:30 PM) Mayor Cownie of Des Moines has just announced that based on assessments just completed a short while ago, at 6:00 PM today, they plan to discontinue the curfew and general evacuations in the flood plain, with the exception of the Birdland area. They will also at the same time re-open the downtown [...]

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Downtown Des Moines is still contained, although other parts of the city have begun flooding more extensively as water from Saylorville Lake Reservoir has been filling the Des Moines River after [...]

Got the high-speed running again, and we’re all very happy here!
I can’t say the same for everyone in town. We continue to have flooding throughout the state, and water levels are rising around Des Moines. The local AAA baseball park is at the confluence of the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers, and city [...]