HAMBURG, Iowa (AP) -- The swollen Missouri River is threatening to inundate a small southwest Iowa town where officials are piling massive sandbags on a faltering levee to contain floodwaters that could leave the community under several feet of water....
If Fixes Fail, Iowa Town Could Be Left Under Water
By GRANT SCHULTE, Associated Press
Tue, 06/07/2011 - 3:36am
Topics: flood iowa missouri river natural disaster weather
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