Flash floods inundated the town of 625 over the weekend, just 10 months after residents worked to rebuild their homes and businesses.
The swollen Kickapoo River spilled over its banks again and engulfed nearly the entire town Monday morning, forcing about 150 people to evacuate. By evening, the village was reduced to a grid of canals with cars submerged up to their windows and parking lots looking like lakes, just as it was in August.
The scenario played out across the Midwest on Monday. While some towns cleaned up from drenching weekend storms blamed for 10 deaths nationwide, most in the Midwest, others like Gays Mills got hammered again.
