![[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](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDgvMDYvMTYvc2V2ZXJlLXN0b3Jtcy10b3JuYWRvZXMtYW5kLWZsb29kaW5nLWlvd2EtY2l0eS1pYS1qdW5lLTE2LTIwMDgtc2FuZGJhZ3MtcHJvdGVjdC1lMmFkMDYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/213/jpg "[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")
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16/06/2008
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