While a number of local Moody County residents face ongoing challenges with flooding along the big Sioux River, the Rock River’s relentless rise in Iowa has left newlywed Catrina (Standifer) Van Otterloo, a native of Egan, and her husband Cody facing severe devastation.
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While a number of local Moody County residents face ongoing challenges with flooding along the big Sioux River, the Rock River’s relentless rise in Iowa has left newlywed Catrina (Standifer) Van Otterloo, a native of Egan, and her husband Cody facing severe devastation.
Despite berms built in 2019 to protect Rock Valley from flooding, continuous rains throughout June sent the river over its banks and through town.
Residents, including the Van Otterloos, were warned of potential evacuations, but no one anticipated the river’s dramatic rise in the early hours of last Saturday, June 22.
As rain and water surged, Catrina quickly grabbed what she could from their 16th Street home and made her way to Cody’s parents’ house outside of town. She was lucky to have made it through she said, uncertain her vehicle would have made it had she left any later.
Two of the main roads in and out of town were completely submerged.