According to the National Weather Service, 90 million people were under a heat advisory and about 15 million people were under a heat warning, the strongest caution.
With weeks of rain flooding houses, the governor of Iowa dispatched helicopters to a small hamlet on Saturday to rescue residents, while most of the country yearned for reprieve from yet another bout of extreme heat.
At two in the morning, sirens went off in Rock Valley, Iowa, a town of 4,200 people, warning residents in hundreds of homes to evacuate because the Rock River was too low to handle the heavy rainfall that had hit the area. Wells were useless, therefore the city did not have running water.
He remarked, “It’s been raining so much here.” In just over an hour and a half, we received four inches of rain like flood yesterday night. Just no more can be tolerated on our ground.”
“It’s been raining so much here,” he said. Yesterday night, we got four inches in a little over an hour and a half. Simply put, it is intolerable on our property.”
The oppressive heat and humidity persisted in other parts of the United States. According to the National Weather Service, 90 million people were under a heat advisory and about 15 million people were under a heat warning, the strongest caution.
Flood Footage Before and After
While Philadelphia, Newark, New Jersey, Columbus, Ohio, and Detroit were anticipating high 90s temperatures, Washington, DC, and Richmond, Virginia, were expected to experience temperatures close to 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius).
According to the Department of Health, hospital visits connected to heat were 500% greater in New York State than on a usual June day.
While 75,000 homes and businesses lost power earlier in the week due to storm-related outages, DTE Energy said that 8,300 customers in southeast Michigan were still without power as of Saturday morning.
South Dakota’s issue was rain-related flooding. Numerous highways were closed, with Interstate 29 being one of the most important sections south of Sioux Falls, where there were no other options. In three days, Sioux Falls, the largest city in the state, received over 7 inches (17.7 centimeters) of rain.