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Iowa Flood of 2008. The Iowa flood of 2008 was a hydrological event involving most of the rivers in eastern Iowa which began June 8 and continued until July 1. Flooding continued on the Upper Mississippi River in the southeastern area of the state for many more days. The phrase "Iowa's Katrina " was often heard.
16. Damage. $6 billion+. Areas affected. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The June 2008 Midwestern United States floods were flooding events which affected portions of the Midwestern United States. After months of heavy precipitation, a number of rivers overflowed their banks for several weeks at a time and broke ...
In the Iowa flood of 2008, flood waters of the Cedar River caused the closure of Iowa 1 between Solon and Mount Vernon on June 12, 2008. [9] Once the floods receded, major damage was left behind. Repair work began on July 11 and was completed by July 30, 2008. [10]
The water treatment plant sits in flood waters from the Raccoon River in Des Moines, Iowa, in this July 17, 1993 photo. An estimated 250,000 central Iowans were left without tap water for nearly ...
Des Moines suffered major flooding again in June 2008 with a major levee breach. [31] The Des Moines River is controlled upstream by Saylorville Reservoir. In both 1993 and 2008, the flooding river overtopped the reservoir spillway. Today, Des Moines is a member of ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA. Through ICLEI, Des Moines has ...
Polk County Emergency Management program assistant Brett McIntyre said the office is monitoring the projected flooding upstream on the Des Moines River in Fort Dodge and Humboldt but does not ...
The Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) is a publicly owned, municipal water utility with its headquarters in Water Works Park. It was founded 1871 southwest of downtown Des Moines, Iowa, along the Raccoon River and provides water to half a million residents of the greater Des Moines metropolitan area. As of 2017, it has three treatment facilities.
HUMBOLDT — Ron Marchant woke up at 7 a.m. Wednesday to see water from the west fork of the Des Moines River nearly covering his mailbox. The river in Humboldt, a town of about 5,000 people in ...