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Uncut: Flood Waters Surge Through Iowa Town; Massive Midwest Flooding

Far beyond flooding, water rushes through Cedar Rapids Iowa.Reports say that 400 city blocks are underwater. Cedar River crested at a record -breaking 32 feet, 12 feet over the previous record set in 1979. A 100 ft breach in a levee in Des Moines occurred today. The National Guard has been called out to help with a mandatory evacuation underway now, and have abandoned trying to reinforce a back up berm. The area is now unprotected.

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Added: Jun-14-2008 
By: bellava
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Tags: flood, Iowa
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States (load item map)
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