 | Terry Aldridge, William Hood and David Hood sit on sandbags in front of their home in the Birdland neighborhood where a levee breached in Des Moines, Iowa June 14, 2008. A levee holding back rising floodwaters broke and swamped Iowa's capital on Saturday as officials across the U.S. Midwest reinforced levees, helped displaced residents and cleaned up the mess left by the region's worst flooding in 15 years. click to open  |
 | A sign jokingly offers up a house for sale in the Birdland neighborhood where a levee breached in Des Moines, Iowa June 14, 2008. A levee holding back rising floodwaters broke and swamped Iowa's capital on Saturday as officials across the U.S. Midwest reinforced levees, helped displaced residents and cleaned up the mess left by the region's worst flooding in 15 years. click to open |
 | Members of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and other law enforcement agencies walk through flooded streets in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 13, 2008. Overflowing rivers in Iowa and other Midwest U.S. states forced evacuations and disrupted the region's economy on Friday with fears of worse to come from fragile levees and more rain. click to open |
 | A street underwater in Des Moines, Iowa June 14, 2008. A levee holding back rising floodwaters broke and swamped Iowa's capital on Saturday as officials across the U.S. Midwest reinforced levees, helped displaced residents and cleaned up the mess left by the region's worst flooding in 15 years. click to open |
 | A flooded block in Des Moines, Iowa June 14, 2008. click to open |
 | A section of a levee that broke in Des Moines, Iowa June 14, 2008. A levee holding back rising floodwaters broke and swamped Iowa's capital on Saturday as officials across the U.S. Midwest reinforced levees, helped displaced residents and cleaned up the mess left by the region's worst flooding in 15 years. click to open |
 | MidAmerican Energy workers inspect a pole on a flooded block in Des Moines, Iowa June 14, 2008. click to open |
 | William Hood checks the water level to see if it has gone down in the Birdland neighborhood where a levee breached in Des Moines, Iowa June 14, 2008. A levee holding back rising floodwaters broke and swamped Iowa's capital on Saturday as officials across the U.S. Midwest reinforced levees, helped displaced residents and cleaned up the mess left by the region's worst flooding in 15 years. click to open |
 | Houses in a flooded Birdland neighborhood where a levee breached in Des Moines, Iowa June 14, 2008. A levee holding back rising floodwaters broke and swamped Iowa's capital on Saturday as officials across the U.S. Midwest reinforced levees, helped displaced residents and cleaned up the mess left by the region's worst flooding in 15 years. click to open |
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