06-25-2024 McCook Lake, South Dakota - Catastrophic Flooding 

Wow, that is the worst flood erosion damage I have ever seen and I have been involved in emergency services disaster response for over a decade.

You can't just "rebuild" that. Insane.

The erosion is so bad, because the water was intentionally diverted into McCook lake. They did not want the floodwaters to go into the Dakota Dunes area which consists of million dollar homes and businesses. McCook lake residents were the fall guys. Dakota dunes is in a known floodplain. McCook Lake residents were told to remove their flood insurance due to the fact that they would never be flooded and were not in a floodplain. This was just last year. This is devious and disgusting.

Looking at Google Earth, it looks like this neighborhood was build along an isolated oxbow of the river (‘the lake’). Which itself shows the river historically meanders back and forth over the floodplain (breaking out of its current banks, forming new ones). These folks apparently were caught in a massive meander from the flood flow.

I’m an Oklahoman who grew up on the Arkansas River, but now lives up river, on the other side of the damn, and higher in elevation. My mama had to evacuate the last major flood that made national news to our house. The levy was leaking near her neighborhood. Lifelong friend’s houses were completely submerged. Still, it never looked anything like this. The amount of water with the rate of flow had to have been overwhelming and staggering. This is awful, and will take a long time to recover from. I’m so sorry.

oh my goodness, where do you start with such devastation? I do hope no one was badly hurt or worse.

All of that erosion is CRAZY it surely is catastrophic damage flood wise.

THATS SOUTH DAKOTA!? Oh my! This damage is phenomenal, as someone who lives in Louisiana and has saw extreme flooding here, this damage beats it by 85%. Its like a whole tsunami came through there. We all need to pray for these people. Because this is insane.

The complete washout of roads and streets and infrastructure is just so beyond . . . anything. I mean, even if a house or two escaped, the roads are gone. Just mind-blowing. And sad.

Staggering! The erosion by water is Catastrophic! Praying for these folks it looks like they had little or no warning in time to even get vehicles out. I pray there is no loss of life. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

The power of water never ceases to amaze me.

Devastating! I will be praying for all the people affected by this horrific disaster!🙏🙏🙏🙏

Stay strong Dakota 🇺🇸

Don't mean to sound insensitive but this is what rivers do in flood plains, it is how all that fertile bottom land is created that people love to live on and farm. When people constrict the flow of the rivers, sooner or later the water finds a way. Nature always has the last word.

Keep strong don't give up the Lord is with you.

Wow! What an impressive video! Thank you, always! God protect you.

Maybe crusty kristi can fix it

Get the National Guard to send all that water to Idaho where the local government is preventing farmers from watering their crops, as in potatoes.

That's going to take a long time to fix.

Don’t build your house right next to the river 🤪

It takes an act of nature to reveal just how shoddy the work is that goes in building the places we live in .. the ancient architects built roads that lasted for centuries and now we get roads and highways that are only good for a few years

How horrible. I've never seen such convoluted flood paths and those deep channels cut between the houses. I can't imagine going through that flood.

Omg this is just awful, the dajage is insane. My yeart goes to all of you affected by this catastrophe. Is the government declaring it a disaster zone so funds can be freed up to help? I hope so, How do you recover from this? 😢❤

Wow, that is one messed up waterfront community and nice new houses destroyed. I wonder if home insurance will pay up or would it be covered if you had flood ins? Pretty sure a nightmare regardless.

This is a great example of why people shouldn't build homes in a flood plane. It's sad to see so much destruction, but folks need to be smarter on where to build their homes.

i have never seen erosion like this. was the water fast or something about the soil that made it venerable?

So many sink holes!

It looks like the Big Sioux trying to cut a new channel through the lake to the Missouri.

The power of water is really terrifying.😢

Can we all stop arguing about climate change and start working together to figure out way to save people, their homes and livelihoods. It's just going to get worse and we can mitigate the loses. Soon insurance companies will either charge more than most of us can afford or they'll go out of business.

Let just build on the river so pretty

Gosh just so bad we're so dry in my place right now just flooding or dry

Lots of abnormal weather patterns.

There is absolutely no point in attempting to rebuild anything unless they plan on making it so this cant happen again

Oh, wow!

Holy Cow!

W O W

Our planet is going through some dramatic changes and it is looking bad for us 😮

In Iowa and South Dakota there has been no response by the governors or federal governments. Minnesota has a ton of both. We have all seen how we were recently told by a former president that he wouldn't help states that had governors that weren't from his "party." So, apparently Biden is playing that game, too. But why didn't the republican governors help the states where they're CURRENTLY THE GOVERNOR?

Weather Wars 🌊🌧️are Bankers Wars 🏦🏧💰🤑.

I said out loud.. whoa that’s fucked!! God keep the people safe

Geoengineering gone wild 2024 ☁️☁️☁️ ✈️

geo-engineering and its results! NOT god pist off cause you didnt vote correctly. solid footage thank u

Perfectly good Suburban just left there? Insurance fraud if I've ever seen it

That’s what happens when you cut down trees and have a bunch of land that’s dirt. Less farming and more water absorbing plants

Anyone left still not believing the planet is heating up? Like those chained in Pluto's Allegory of the Cave , they only see whats in front of them and not what is really happening in the world.

The power of water is insane!

ALMIGHTY GOD IS NOT PLAYIN' WITH YOU PEOPLE 😎🎸

Those who believe in climate change and expect government to control the weather - you have to be kidding! I was born in the state of South Dakota. The major dams were built to control flooding. Use google earth to see the massive dams that were built in the 1950's to hold that monster river back. Several factors contribute to flooding. One factor is our brilliant government decided we needed ethanol to be added to gasoline. So millions of acres of virgin prairie was replaced with corn. The virgin prairies were mother nature's sponges and absorbed water. what developed after our government did this is lakes developed throughout the state where in past there were none. Near my home town they had to rebuilt the highway three times to get it above the water. This was a US Highway. Flooding is nothing new as the Missouri will join the Mississippi and head south and flood. Lastly, the desire by some to have a river or lakefront home is something to often has it downside. The same people who buy into climate change also want the dams removed. If you don't believe me you should follow the news in Oregon.

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

What the hell happened?

This nation is marked X for Judgment

Tartaria and The Mud Floods!

Yikes 😿 & here America has 🍊💩 blasting the current Administration for passing an infrastructure bill. Which was needed 24 years ago before these things were set to FAIL. °~•.☆.•~° ❤ Prayers to the families, the victims, the community and the department. Prayers important because the remind us that this s*** does happen and it has its impact.

⚠️⚠️⚠️🙏🙏🙏 🎯🌍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 The world 🌍 has changed **Nam myoho rengekyo** 🙏 Pray 🌍 peace 🕊️ be safe _______// X2 Thai

*EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE** a V8 truck or an SUV - why should I feel sorry for people who made NO EFFORT to help prevent climate change...???? * except ONE...!!!

“This is normal, it’s summertime.” MAGA response

Remember Geo Engineering weather manipulation was perfected by HARRP decades ago. Floods Fires(DEW) Tornadoes Earthquake s watch the Documentary The Dimming. ?

LORD GOD HAVE MERCY. REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS COME.....

That is ALL INTENTIONAL. Dams breaking all around same time. Yea weather is cause my ass

Global warming

These are the new ruins, from massive floods, tornadoes and fires, that someone in the future will discover. These places cannot be rebuilt. They are trashed, well beyond human ability to salvage or repair. No amount of money can fix this.The people are overwhelmed with despair, loss and hopelessness. Now that the US Air Force owns the weather, this is what they've done with it.

Who voted for Biden good luck trying to get help they want to vote for him again I'm not giving them 10 cents😅😅

LETS NOT FORGET THAT THIS WAS INDIANS LAND BEFORE IT WAS STOLEN FROM THEM!!!!

What climate change?

Al Gore made a documentary about this!