Heavy overnight rains hit Charles City
Ducks swim around standing water on Brackett Street just south of Sportsman's Park in Charles City on Friday. Press Photo by Kelly Terpstra
Brackett Street is flooded near Sportsman's Park on Friday in Charles City. Press Photo by Kelly Terpstra
The outfield is flooded at Sportsman's Park on Friday in Charles City. Press Photo by Kelly Terpstra
One of the dugouts on Sportsman's Park has standing water around it on Friday in Charles City. Press Photo by Kelly Terpstra
The outfield is flooded at Sportsman's Park on Friday in Charles City. Press Photo by Kelly Terpstra
The outfield is flooded at Sportsman's Park on Friday in Charles City. Press Photo by Kelly Terpstra
The outfield is flooded at Sportsman's Park on Friday in Charles City. Press Photo by Kelly Terpstra
The outfield is flooded at Sportsman's Park on Friday in Charles City. Press Photo by Kelly Terpstra
The outfield is flooded at Sportsman's Park on Friday in Charles City. Press Photo by Kelly Terpstra
Flooded areas of Sportsman's Park in Charles City on Friday forced the Comets' game with Dike-New Hartford to be moved to Dike on Friday. Press Photo by Kelly Terpstra
The outfield is flooded at Sportsman's Park on Friday in Charles City. Press Photo by Kelly Terpstra
The softball infield at Sportsman's Park has standing water on it on Friday in Charles City. Press Photo by Kelly Terpstra
The outfield warning track of the softball field at Sportman's Park has standing water on it on Friday in Charles City. Press Photo by Kelly Terpstra
Heavy rains overnight flooded portions of Charles City and Floyd County on Friday as some areas saw as much as 5 inches of rain.
Saturday, June 9, marks the 10-year anniversary of the 2008 flood in Charles City, which was the worst recorded flood in the town’s history.
The whole outfield on the baseball diamond at Sportsman’s Park was flooded. Brackett Street, behind the ball diamonds, also had a large area of standing water on it as of early afternoon Friday.
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