Video: Flood Waters Approach Hamburg, Iowa

Associated Press: Crews Race to Build Up Levee to Aid Iowa Town:

Workers are racing to protect an Iowa town from the floodwaters of the Missouri River by adding several feet of dirt to a temporary levee. The situation grew worse when the river punched through a second levee, the town's main protection.

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Video: Iowa Farmers Repair Breached Levee that Army Corp of Engineers Abandoned

 

Associated Press: Iowa Farmers Take Missouri River Into Own Hands:

After two levee breaches and a rising missouri river that is closing in on the small southwest Iowa town of Hamburg - some resourceful local farmers are taking matters into their own hands. Robert Ray has the story.

Thank you to the farmers for taking this upon themselves!

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