COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — [KETV, Omaha] – A Council Bluffs neighborhood is dealing with a sinkhole. KETV reports the city and church are working together to figure out how it gave way, bringing down a brick wall and shifting foundation by several feet in some spots. A city spokesperson says high groundwater associated with flooding from the Missouri River could be to blame, forcing the church to reorganize.

Pastor Joseph Hall said a drain collapsed last month, forcing a water main to burst, shifting the foundation and compromising half of the building. Prolonged gushing from the water main rupture cost the church one of its five buildings, now believed to be a total loss, and pushing more groups into the four other buildings on campus that was used as a youth building and other purposes.

A city spokesperson said high groundwater associated with flooding from the Missouri River may be to blame, but that there’s still more to figure out as the city and church work together.