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Workers and volunteers in Cedar Rapids ... a 100-year flood.) City leaders said they expect nearly 400 commercial properties and about 1,300 homes to be under water. Flood maps forecast water ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL) -- A stepping stone has been made in the city of Cedar Rapids and their effort to improve the flood control system. 1st Avenue was closed off between 3rd Street West and ...
The Cedar River in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, crested at less than 22 feet Tuesday morning, about a foot lower than expected as recently as Monday, testing but not defeating nearly 10 miles of temporary ...
Temporary barriers appeared to prevent serious flooding Tuesday in Iowa ... the Cedar River, the worst Cedar Rapids has witnessed since 2008, comes on the heels of a fatal Wisconsin flood ...
Q: What is the forecast for the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids? A: According to the National Weather Service, the river crested at about 22 feet on Tuesday morning. As of 10 a.m. Friday, the river ...
CEDAR RAPIDS ... more of the dull and boring, Iowa, before my colleagues and I swoop in again to chronicle the falling tears and rising barriers of another flood? Kyle Munson can be reached ...
As these torrents flow downriver through the eastern half of Iowa, the region is bracing for a flood event nearing historic levels. The area of greatest concern is around Cedar Rapids, Iowa’s ...
Emergency crews have erected nearly 10 miles of temporary flood barricades and laid a quarter-million sandbags in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as residents braced on Monday for what could be the second ...
Here's a map, compiled by news research analyst John McGlothlen with assistance from multimedia reporter Max Freund, showing all known fires in the Cedar Rapids flood zone since June 2008.
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.
Floodwaters were receding Saturday in Cedar Rapids after swamping ... far above the 25-foot flood stage. More than 200 homes had been evacuated in Iowa City, and the city manager estimated more ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Hospital patients in wheelchairs and on stretchers were evacuated in the middle of the night as the biggest flood Cedar Rapids has ever seen swamped more than 400 blocks ...