Iowa Guide » Iowa News http://iowaguide.org Guide to Traveling Iowa Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:50:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Flooding Concerns Return to Iowa http://iowaguide.org/flooding-concerns-return-to-iowa/ http://iowaguide.org/flooding-concerns-return-to-iowa/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:12:40 +0000 Kyle Eslick http://iowaguide.org/?p=223 Less than a month after Iowa experienced the worst floods in recent memory, a brief but devasting thunderstorm struck much of the state of Iowa, leaving people once again needing rescused by boats and new flooding concerns.  

The storms are expected to return again tonight and last again throughout the night and into the morning.

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In looking over the list of affected schools, it looks like most are smaller communities, with the only major schools being Urbandale and Dubuque.

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