Iowa – Midwest Floods 2008: News & Statistics
- Two dozen people killed and 148 injured
- Approximately 35,000 – 40,000 people evacuated from homes
- Flood warnings cover a span of about 325 miles from Dubuque, Iowa to St. Louis, Missouri
- Mississippi crested at 37 feet in St. Louis area, seven feet above flood level
- Iowa's agricultural economic losses are estimated to exceed $2 billion
- 9 Iowa rivers crested at record levels
- 83 of 99 Iowa counties are disaster areas
- 21 Illinois counties declared disaster areas
- Cedar Rapids – water covered 1,300 city blocks, 9.2 square mile
- Cedar Rapids – City Hall, the Linn County jail, the fire department, police communication equipment, most of the public library's collection and
3,900 homes were all under water
- Cedar River flood crest exceeds historic 1929 record
- Cedar River flood crested at over 32 feet Friday, June 13
- South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Illinois and Indiana have also been affected
- Floods have wrecked the Midwest's corn and soybean crops
- 22 levees breeched as of 6.20.08
- Abnormally heavy snowpack with unseasonably heavy rainfall are root causes of flooding
- Cedar Rapids recorded 24.09 inches of rain for the year - more than 10 inches above normal
- Other parts of Eastern Iowa within the Cedar watershed recorded from 15–20 inches of rain between May 10–June 10
- Cedar River has flooded more than 4,000 homes and many businesses in Cedar Rapids
- Areas of Cedar Rapids are flooded beyond the so-called 500-year flood level of 26.5 feet
- Damage costs in Cedar Rapids estimated at over $1.5 Billion
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- (August 28, 2009) – New York Times:
After Iowa Flood, Feeling Just a Bit Ignored
- (June 20, 2008) – Capital Times:
Violent Weather Spurs Redesign of Infrastructure
- (June 20, 2008) – Chicago Tribune:
Amtrak to restore service on 2 flooded routes
- (June 17, 2008) – CBS News:
Floods Leave Iowa Swimming In Toxic Brew
- (June 16, 2008) – Chicago Tribune:
Sunday Flood Developments: Graphic Map
- (June 13, 2008) – BBC: Iowa floods force thousands
out
- (June 13, 2008) – IHT: Cedar Rapids
Iowa, already flooded, gets pummeled by more rain
- (June 13, 2008) – NYT: In
Eastern Iowa, the City That 'Would Never Flood' Goes 12 Feet Under
- (June 12, 2008) – USGS: USGS Crews to Install New
Streamgage in Cedar Rapids
- (June 11, 2008) – BBC: Floods threaten US Midwest
towns
- (June 11, 2008) – BBC: US Midwest floods as East
sweats
- (June 10, 2008) – USGS: USGS Crews Measure Severe
Flooding in the Midwest
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- (February 16, 2010) – Wall Street Journal:
Fargo Fix Takes on Water
- (July 1, 2008) – Engineering News-Record:
Midwest Rivers Drown Track And Whisk Away Bridges
- (July 1, 2008) – LA Times:
As floodwaters recede in the Midwest, anger rises
- (June 26, 2008) – WKOWTV: Damaged
railroad tracks called "unprecedented"
- (June 26, 2008) – USGS: Two 500-year
floods in 15 years – What are the odds? (.pdf)
- (June 26, 2008) – USA Today:
Communities plan flood recovery
- (June 25, 2008) – Washington Times:
Katrina lessons at work in Midwest
- (June 25, 2008) – USA Today: Midwest
floods expose outdated levee systems
- (June 23, 2008) – NY Times: As
sand bubbles up along an Illinois levee, so do new questions
- (June 23, 2008) – Bloomberg News:
Union Pacific, Rails May be Slow to Mend from Floods
- (June 21, 2008) – Milwaukee Journal: Save and
expand wetlands to help state with flood control
- (June 20, 2008) – CSM: Floods engulf archaic
levee system
- (June 19, 2008) – PBS:
Ongoing Midwest Flooding Threatens Mississippi River Levees
- (June 19, 2008) – BBC: More levees yield to
Mississippi
- (June 18, 2008) – BBC: Mississippi breaks Midwest
levee
- (June 17, 2008) – Chicago Tribune:
Mississippi's rising waters break 1993 record
- (June 17, 2008) – USA Today:
Midwest flooding disrupts Amtrak service
- (June 17, 2008) – Wikipedia: Midwest Flood
Summary
- (June 17, 2008) – USA Today:
Midwest floods send corn prices soaring past $8 a bushel
- (June 17, 2008) – Bloomberg News:
U.S. Midwest Floods Head to Mississippi River Cities
- (June 17, 2008) – BBC: Midwest braced for more
flooding
- (June 16, 2008) – Reuters: Floods to
disrupt barges for weeks, rail months
- (June 15, 2008) – BBC: Thousands forced out by US
floods
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