Jay Inslee believes climate change intensified flooding in Hamburg. Some residents say no. [View all]

[TexasTowelie]

With each block that Washington Gov. Jay Inslee walked, the damage from flooding in Hamburg became more vivid.

Some 1,100 western Iowans live in the town, established in the mid-1800s between the Nishnabotna River and the Missouri River. On Friday, the town stood mostly clear of residents.

Those who were in town relied on bottled water since tap water was deemed unsafe. Port-a-potties lined residential neighborhoods for people who couldn't flush their toilets.

Construction workers ripped up carpeting in a drug store where empty pill bottles and papers littered the floor. Outside, Inslee stepped on the grass — the ground beneath deeply saturated — and his feet sunk into the mud.

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