CNA Staff, Jun 26, 2024 / 13:40 pm
The Diocese of Sioux City will hold a special collection next month to help victims of recent devastating flooding in the state of Iowa.
Sioux City Bishop Walker Nickless has established a flood victims relief collection to be taken in all diocesan parishes July 6-7, according to diocesan spokeswoman Dawn Prosser.
Heavy rains in the Missouri and Mississippi river basins have led to devastating flooding in northwest Iowa this month, with entire communities near rivers and lakes inundated by muddy waters.
Rivers in some parts of the state have crested above record levels set during historic floods in the Midwest in 1993, affecting thousands of homes.