Efforts are turning to recovery in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids as the flooding moves downstream into Southeastern Iowa. Levee breaches have flooded the town of Oakville in Louisa County- Columbus Junction has been flooded and the town of Hills, south of Iowa City is also ready to deal with the floodwaters. And towns further south like Burlington, Ottumwa and Keokuk are bracing for the worst.
In Iowa City, the good news is that the River has crested and the water has started to recede, but officials are warning that it'll be some time before water recedes completely. On the University of Iowa Campus, they're reporting that three more buildings are flooding, the Adler Journalism Building, the EPB and the Hawkeye Apartments and officials are watching the situation carefully and warning that the worst may not yet be over. There's updates from the UI here and the UI Foundation has set up a fund for people who want to donate to clean-up and recovery efforts on campus, here.
In Cedar Rapids, strike teams are moving throughout the city, checking on the structural safety of flooded houses- it's a painstakingly slow process and frustrations are rising, as people just want to get back into their houses and start the recovery process.
In Des Moines, Birdland residents started to move back in and assess the damage from the receding floodwaters.
The latest pictures from the Iowa City-Coralville area, here.
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