 | A man who identifies himself as 'Carpenter Bob' offers free beer and water to residents of flood ravaged neighborhoods in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday, June 19, 2008. click to open  |
 | Jessica Ohlhauser looks through her soaked high school year book on the porch of her flooded home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday, June 19, 2008. Because her house was so close the to the river, the water rose to the second floor and was only deemed safe to re-enter Thursday. click to open |
 | Employees of ServiceMaster Clean take apart a flood damaged business in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday, June 19, 2008. click to open |
 | Lois McBurrey cleans the sludge from the flood waters off of her grandson's bike in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday, June 19, 2008 click to open |
 | A theater in the flood zone displays a hopeful message in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday, June 19, 2008. Flood-ruined carpeting and other items discarded are piled up on the sidewalk. click to open |
 | A Des Moines Police officer looks through binoculars near the site of a breached levee in the Birdland neighborhood of 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 |
 | Water levels drop around homes in a soutwest side neighborhood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Iowa's biggest cities were submerged June 14 2008 after swollen rivers forced thousands of residents to flee their homes amid devastating floods in the Midwestern US state click to open |
 | Debris collects in a fence as water levels began to drop outside a home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Iowa's biggest cities were submerged June 14, 2008 after swollen rivers forced thousands of residents to flee their homes amid devastating floods in the Midwestern US state. click to open |
 | Karen Wilborn (L) is comforted by her niece Shamera Carey as she is overcome with emotion after 31 pets were rescued from her flooded home by members of the Humane Society in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Iowa's biggest cities were submerged Saturday after swollen rivers forced thousands of residents to flee their homes amid devastating floods in the Midwestern US state. click to open |
 | Christian Stearns helps to remove flood-damaged items from his 83-year-old grandmother's home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Iowa's biggest cities were submerged Saturday after swollen rivers forced thousands of residents to flee their homes amid devastating floods in the Midwestern US state. click to open |
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