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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Iowa City, IA, June 8, 2008 -- Storm drains on Normandy Drive which normally carry rainwater into the adjacent Iowa River are instead flooding the neighborhood due to recent heavy rains. Volunteer crews circled the drains with sandbags to try and hold back the water. Four counties in Iowa are presently declared disaster areas. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Iowa City, IA, June 8, 2008 -- Volunteers filled sandbags for placement around homes on Normandy Drive, which was flooded by the adjacent Iowa River. Several Iowa counties have been declared disaster areas due to recent thunderstorms and tornadoes. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Iowa City, IA, June 8, 2008 -- Volunteers came from all over to help residents of Normandy Drive fill and position sandbags to protect their homes from the rising Iowa River. More rain is in the forecast. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Iowa City, IA, June 14, 2008 -- Iowa City volunteers load another truck with sandbags to use around local homes and businesses. Much of Iowa City is already flooded and more water will be arriving from the north in less than two days. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Cedar Falls, IA, June 10, 2008 -- Hundreds of volunteers fills sand bags to be used to stop the water from the Cedar River from flooding the town. The river rose to a record high of 102 feet, endangering the town of Cedar Falls, IA. Storms have inconvenienced many people throughout Iowa. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Iowa City, IA, June 16, 2008 -- Sandbags protect the Lindquist Center College of Education building at the corner of Burlington and Madison Streets. Water from the cresting Iowa River filled a tunnel that runs to the University of Iowa power plant, now shut down due to high water. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Iowa City, IA, June 16, 2008 -- Danforth Chapel on the grounds of the University of Iowa is surrounded by floodwaters from the Iowa River. Officials fear that the river will rise even more in the next two days as high water from Cedar Rapids reach the city. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Wapello, IA, August 7, 2008 -- Plumbers, carpenters, and AC crews are working hard to setup mobile homes for residents of nearby Oakville, which was totally flooded by the Iowa River in mid-June. FEMA is moving mobile homes into southeastern Iowa as quickly as possible. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Waterloo, IA, June 12, 2008 -- Residents of Waterloo, IA are filling sand bags. Waterloo and other towns in Iowa are experiencing record flooding. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Iowa City, IA, June 14, 2008 -- Local residents Dan Baumhover, Matthew Ruppenkamp, and Eric Smith fill sandbags for deployment around their flooding city. The Iowa River will be delivering even more water from the north by tomorrow. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

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label_outline Explore Flooding Iowa City, Eric Smith, Iowa River

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Oakville, Iowa, July 6th, 2008--The Army Corps of Engineers works to repair a road to improve access into Oakville. This will also contain the flow of the Iowa River which breached it's levee in mid June. After the road is repaired the Corps can begin repairing the levee which will bring relief to the town of Oakville. Susie Shapira/FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Oakville, Iowa, June 27th, 2008-- The Welcome to Oakville sign, dilapidated and covered with debris, leans precariously against a tree and is symbolic of the state of the town, now underwater for two weeks since the Iowa river breeched it's levee. Susie Shapira/FEMA

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Shoreacres, Texas, October 8, 2008 -- FEMA House Inspector Michael Lane examines one of the homes on Miramiar Drive that was damaged by Hurricane Ike. Inspections determine how much financial assistance a homeowner is eligible to receive from FEMA. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Iowa City, IA, July 25, 2008 -- Steve Fausch (left), Maintenance Manager for the Mayflower Dormitory at the University of Iowa, explains some of the damage done to the building's heating, cooling, water, and electrical systems by last month's massive flood to FEMA Building Assessment Team (BAT) member David Fila, Dave Flumerfelt with Mitigation, and BAT member Ryan Hembree. The Mayflower is the largest dorm at UI; getting it ready for students is a priority for FEMA. the university, and the state. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS June 11, 2007 - Work on the group site in south Greensburg is progressing rapidly. Plans are for as many as 350 units. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Thibodaux, LA November 14, 2005 - Evan Smith (right), a New Orleans high school teacher hired by FEMA to manage a Disaster Recovey Center in south central Louisiana, checks an applicant's record with Hoarce Ingalls, a California firefighter working in the DRC as an Applicant Assistant. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

Y.W. and Y.M.C.A., Iowa City, Iowa

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. To release housewives for war work, girls in high school Victory Corps throughout America are helping to operate day nurseries. In addition to helping the community, these students at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, receive home economics credit for this work

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa

Lance Cpl. Matthew Dieter, a combat engineer with Special

Old Capitol, Clinton Street & Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, Johnson County, IA

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, February 24, 2006 - Common Ground Relief, a local community organization, has set up a distribution center in a renovated residence in the lower 9th ward to provide aid and supplies to returnees of New Orleans. Volunteer groups have offered - and continue to offer - everything from shelter, food, and personal items, to counseling and various services to hurricane victims displaced by the storms. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

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