Iowa flooding deadly, disastrous

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Iowa flooding deadly, disastrous

Iowa flooding deadly, disastrous

Residents embrace, in floodwater from the South Skunk River flood neighborhoods in Colfax, Iowa, Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010. Searchers have recovered the body of a teenage girl who died when the flood waters swept three cars off a road near Des Moines.

Residents remove belongings from their home as water from the South Skunk River floods neighborhoods in Colfax, Iowa.

Residents boat down the street outside their home as floodwater from the South Skunk River flood neighborhoods in Colfax, Iowa, Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010.

A man walks knee deep in flood waters at Grandview Village Mobile Home Park to see if he can reach his home on Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010 on the east side of Des Moines, Iowa. Thunderstorms have hit Iowa for three consecutive nights, sending rivers and creeks rolling over their banks.

This aerial photo shows rising water from floods surround the Hilton Coliseum, top right, in Des Moines, Iowa Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010.

Employees and customers are evacuated from Wal-Mart in a dump truck and front end loader Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010 in Ames, Iowa following flooding from the South Skunk River and Squaw Creek.

Flooded cars and homes are seen at Grandview Village Mobile Home Park Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010 on the east side of Des Moines, Iowa.

People gathered at a flooded intersection Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010 in Ames, Iowa. Thunderstorms have hit Iowa for three nights, sending rivers and creeks rolling over their banks.

Floodwater from the South Skunk River flood neighborhoods in Colfax, Iowa.

Floodwater from the South Skunk River flood neighborhoods in Colfax, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.

Trey Nelson, right fishes from his second floor balcony accompanied by his friend Edward Kyles, center, on Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010 on the east side of Des Moines, Iowa.

Residents remove belongings from their home as floodwater from the South Skunk River flood neighborhoods in Colfax, Iowa, Wednesday August 11, 2010.

Original Caption: Floodwater from the South Skunk River flood neighborhoods and the Sports Complex in Colfax, Iowa.

Floodwater from the South Skunk River flood neighborhoods in Colfax, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.

A large expanse of South Duff Avenue is closed Wednesday morning Aug. 11, 2010 in Ames, Iowa from the flooded South Skunk River and Squaw Creek.

This aerial photo shows the Sargent Park Apartments on East Douglas Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa after residents were evacuated Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010.

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Residents embrace, in floodwater from the South Skunk River flood neighborhoods in Colfax, Iowa, Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010. Searchers have recovered the body of a teenage girl who died when the flood waters swept three cars off a road near Des Moines.

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