When he’s not signing papers in a makeshift city hall, he’s helping out a neighbor or doing infrastructure improvements ensuring residents have running water. “A good group of the people that are back are fourth, fifth generations, you know, their grandparents graduated from here so you know, it’s our roots,” said Young. The people who remain in town aren’t going anywhere. A few cars pass by as a kid’s toy car sits next to the street. City hall is still advertising a fish fry scheduled for a day before the town was flooded.
“Everything that you go through, it’s tough to look back and wonder how you got to this point,” said Young.ĭowntown Pacific Junction is a desolate place. Mayor Andy Young has said it’s been a blur since and it has felt like five or six years. It’s hard to believe it’s been three years since the town of Pacific Junction was covered in water from the 2019 floods. The town has gone from around 470 residents to less than 100, but still, those who came back are continuing to rebuild the only place they call home. PACIFIC JUNCTION, Iowa (KMTV) - Thursday marks the third anniversary of the levees in Mills County failing, leading to the flooding and virtual destruction of the town of Pacific Junction, Iowa.
