2008 Iowa Flood (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

2008 Iowa Flood

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Pictured here is the Coralville Dam on the Coralville Lake overflowing into its spillway during the Iowa Flood of 2008. The flood cost $10 billion in damages for the entire state of Iowa, due to the overflowing of the Iowa and Cedar Rivers. After the flood, the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa was established for flood-related research.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

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