Tag: flood
Iola dodged a Mother Nature-sized bullet Wednesday, with a line of severe and tornadic thunderstorms skirting eastern Kansas but missing Allen County. Residents continue to watch anxiously, knowing the next torrential downpour could wreak…
The Neosho rises nearly to the top of the Marsh arch bridge at Humboldt; the park itself was under water.Just .40 inches of rain fell Wednesday, bringing the months total to 13.14 inches. The Neosho…
With the recent onslaught of rain, local farmers are hopeful its short-lived. Shawn Geffert, whose farms include much of the envied rich river bottom soil, is not too distraught: Id rather have it wet than…
Iolan Shayne Shaughnessy set up his own version of an early flood warning system. About a half block from his home at the intersection of South Washington and Rock, Shaughnessy placed a small orange flag. …
Derek and Stephanie Slaughter went through boxes piled up outside of their storage unit near the Neosho River and State Street in Iola on Wednesday afternoon hoping they had picked out all of their sentimental…
The evacuation of 38 long-term care residents to Allen County Regional Hospital went smoothly Tuesday night, as the threat of flood continues. Residents of Windsor Place, located near Coon Creek at 600 E. Garfield, were…
Now, the wait. Tuesday, those living and working in the low-lying parts of Iola and local communities scrambled to evacuate their homes and businesses in anticipation of what is expected to be substantial flooding when…
Five or six inches of rain in places more over the last several days have swelled the Neosho River and its tributaries over their banks. For farmers, even those hardened by years of…
High water from a series of heavy rains that started over the weekend spelled trouble for USD 257 bus driver Chad Turner and a middle school passenger Monday morning. Turners bus was disabled before sunrise…
