(Radio Iowa) – Counties downstream of the flooding in northwest Iowa are preparing for all that water to flow south. Webster County Emergency Management director, Dylan Hagen, says volunteers Sunday putting up sandbags along the Des Moines River. “We do still have sandbagging operations happening in Lehigh, Otho and Willa Ridge. We have sand and bags available for anybody that needs them,” Hagen says. “The city of Fort Dodge is currently working on, I believe three different sandbagging locations.” Hagen says the water flowing down could turn into a dangerous situation for those residents along the Des Moines River.

“It’ll be the third highest if it follows the forecasted model, so definitely something that is concerning to us and it is a dangerous situation and we just asked it people stay away from flooded areas and rivers,” he says. Hamilton County Emergency Management coordinator Tim Zahn says they’re shouldn’t have any major concerns. “There’s a small section near Stratford along the Des Moines River that is expected to crest at about 25 feet. That isn’t a major flood level. But it may affect the roads in that area a little bit,” he says.