The flood warning issued by the National Weather Service for Dallas County will continue at least through tomorrow, but road crews are starting to see things improve.

Assistant County Engineer Andy Case reports that since last week’s floods, there were more than 25 road closures throughout the County. Case said the one affecting the largest number of people has been Highway 169 just north of Adel, but he adds that even the closures on lesser-travelled roads have adversely affected residents. In many instances, people living on gravel roads were unable to access their homes due to flooded roadways. However, Case says all indications are that the waters are receding, slowly but steadily.

As of Wednesday, there were still around 15 roads in the County that were closed, most around waterways. Additionally, crews haven’t yet been able to get out and assess the damage to the roads. Case says it appears areas around the South and Middle Raccoon Rivers should be repaired relatively easily, but the same can’t be said for the North Raccoon. He says the roads department will know more next week, as it appears the worst will be over. County officials do feel like the emergency management agencies handled the flooding issues very well — particularly the dangerous ice dams, like the one at Redfield — and through their cooperation they were able to mitigate the effect on residents.

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