Cedar Rapids was flooded by historic high waters on the Cedar River.Friday 17 years since that record crest of 31.12 feet, 11 ...

On June 13, 2008, the Cedar River crested to a historic 31.12 feet, 11 feet higher than the river had gone before. Seventeen years later, Cedar Rapids is more t ...

The revisions to Linn County’s flood plain maps began in 2003, well before the historic flooding of 2008 that caused heavy damage in Cedar Rapids — and in many other Iowa communities.

On April 5, the updated flood insurance rate maps of Cedar Rapids, also known as floodplain ... Emergency Management Association (FEMA) and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to ...

Ten square miles of Cedar Rapids was under water — including ... He also announced $500 million in new federal flood recovery funds for Iowa. Some of that money will go toward the long-awaited ...

Reporting from CEDAR RAPIDS ... That was 9 feet below the 2008 flood that destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in the worst natural disaster in Iowa history. City crews had worked through ...

After all, the river that runs through downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, had never caused more than basement flooding during his 22 years in the building, even during the Great Flood of 1993.

Only 700 homeowners had flood insurance. Officials say there are still more than 500 FEMA trailers in the state providing temporary housing to residents of Cedar Rapids and other Iowa cities and ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Eight months after being hit by a flood expected to come along less than once every 500 years, this city of 120,000 is still struggling to get its head above water.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — An elaborate system of temporary flood walls largely protected Cedar Rapids homes and businesses Tuesday as the river that runs through the city reached its second-highest ...