North Skunk River In Iowa Overflows

Heavy and prolonged rain caused the North Skunk River in Iowa to overflow its banks on Sunday afternoon, May 26, 2013. These images, shot around 6:15 PM, show the flooding as seen from Interstate 80 near Mile Mark 176 between Newton and Grinnell and look southeast. The top image shows farm land just west of the river, middle image at the river and the bottom image just east of the river. Many parts of central and eastern Iowa were under flash flood warnings on this day.