Flood in Webster, Iowa

Following the second round of heavy rainfall during the night of the 25th into the morning of the 26th, widespread flooding occurred over parts of northern Iowa. Reports indicated that most streams were out of their banks and some flooding spread into the mainstem rivers as well. Numerous highways became flooded with widespread ponding caused by the flood waters. During the afternoon of the 26th, an 8 year old male drown on a swollen river in Webster County near Fort Dodge when he was lost in the river after the raft he was on capsized.