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ABC News: Iowa Recovers From Ferocious Flooding
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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People along the Mississippi river in the US state of Iowa are preparing for flooding after thousands were forced from their homes in neighbouring areas. (article 4)
With record water levels predicted in the coming days, the authorities have been reinforcing levees with sandbags to stop the river bursting its banks. (article 4)
IT'S EASY to forget the destructive power of water, until it swallows cars, homes, movie theaters, and hundreds of city blocks, as flood waters have in the Midwest. (article 13)
MIDWEST HIT HARD CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa und Receding water on Sunday revealed the widespread damage caused by a record flood crest, while other Iowa cities faced rivers that were still rising. (article 9)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (CNN) Iowa officials are concerned about towns along the Mississippi River as floodwaters in the state's eastern counties began to drain toward the river (article 7)
Six days ago, before the Cedar River swelled and flooded towns, this was a winding road through Muscatine County in southeastern Iowa. (article 15)
The last time Cedar Rapids, Iowa resident Mark Meyers' wife and daughter saw their home; the view was from the bow of a rescue boat as floodwaters rose to the doorframes and window sills. (article 5)
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IOWA, CEDAR, River, water, Flooding |
Source articles
- U.S. Midwest floods wipe out crops, raise food prices (cbc.ca, 06/16/2008, 481 words)
- In Midwest Floods, a Broad Threat to Crops (nytimes.com, 06/16/2008, 1446 words)
- Thousands forced out by US floods (BBC News, 06/15/2008, 397 words)
- Midwest braced for more flooding (BBC News, 06/17/2008, 477 words)
- ABC News: Iowa Recovers From Ferocious Flooding (ABCNews, 06/16/2008, 365 words)
- ABC News: Flood Victims Worry: What's in the Water? (ABCNews, 06/16/2008, 345 words)
- Flooding worries spread to other towns along the Mississippi (CNN, 06/16/2008, 28 words)
- Iowa's Katrina :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 473 words)
- Receding Cedar Rapids flood reveals wide damage :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 982 words)
- Most Iowa counties are disaster areas - (baltimoresun.com, 06/17/2008, 673 words)
- Sandbagged levee holds in Iowa, protects city :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 1070 words)
- In Midwest, Rising Waters and Fears of Worse (nytimes.com, 06/14/2008, 689 words)
- A flood's ripple effect (boston.com, 06/17/2008, 323 words)
- ABC News: Hundreds Ordered to Flee Homes in Iowa City (ABCNews, 06/15/2008, 325 words)
- In Iowa, taking the flood's measure (L.A. Times, 06/16/2008, 588 words)
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