DES MOINES, Iowa — Parts of central Iowa experienced a 1,000-year rainfall event over the course of three days last week, according to the National Weather Service in Des Moines. Heavy rain fell across the region from the evening of July 2 through July 4, with the hardest-hit areas seeing totals that exceeded both 24-hour and 48-hour rainfall thresholds considered a 1,000-year event, the weather service said. From the evening of July 2 through J…
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