 Doctors will have the go-ahead to treat complications in the ER, but possibly only until the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court rules. Alyssa Nadworny, NPR News. While floodwaters are beginning to recede in Iowa and elsewhere in the Midwest, torrential rains have sent rivers well above flood stage in a number of areas. Iowa Public Radio's Sheila Brommer saw some of the hardest-hit areas today during a tour with the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.