Map of Road Closures in Marion County (click to enlarge)
The following roads are closed due to flooding (as of 3:30 p.m.):
As per the Iowa DOT, Highway 5 between IA 92 (near Knoxville) and County Road G71 (near Hamilton) is closed.
Highway 92 west of Ackworth is closed.
G-71 is closed at Cedar Creek.
The English Creek has also closed Highway G76 west of Highway 14, which has been closed by The Marion County Secondary Roads Department. Quebec Street is also closed at English Creek between Highway 14 and 94th Place. They say that Marion County has many gravel and a few paved roads underwater from localized flash flooding and stream flooding (See above map).
Local authorities remind drivers to avoid crossing roads with water covering them, as it only takes a few inches of rapidly flowing water to carry away a vehicle.