|
|
Article: River slowly dropping at Cedar Rapids but other Iowa cities facing new flood dangers
- Article from:
- AP Worldstream
- Article date:
- June 14, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. (Hide copyright information)
|
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 20,000 people from their homes in the U.S. state of Iowa , officials said Saturday.
The flooding in Iowa is the latest disaster created by severe storms blamed for at least nine deaths in the U.S. Midwest this week.
The drenching has also severely damaged the corn crop in Iowa, America's No. 1 corn state, and other parts of the Midwest at a time when corn prices are soaring and food shortages have led to violence in some poor countries. But officials said it was too soon to put a price tag on the damage.
Officials guess it will be four days before the ...