CEDAR RAPIDS – A national group interested in better understanding flood readiness is hosting a community meeting in Cedar Rapids …
Articles Tagged: Flood 2016
Weather Oct. 1, 2017 2:40 pm
VINTON – After his home took on more than 2 feet of water in the 2008 flood, Bob DuCharme raised …
News May. 27, 2017 3:49 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – Linn County officials last fall scrambled to set up flood barriers to ready for a rising Cedar …
Weather Dec. 15, 2021 2:32 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – Approximately 130 properties around Cedar Rapids – primarily in the northwest and southwest residential neighborhoods evacuated during …
Gazette staff
News Jan. 4, 2022 12:32 pm
Floodwaters again challenged Eastern Iowans in the fall of 2016. But the story this time wasn't about widespread devastation and personal tragedy. It was a story of perseverance and teamwork, of Iowans pulling together for the common good. And it was a clear choice as 2016's story of the year.
The Gazette
Weather Dec. 30, 2021 1:14 pm
The 2008 flood was such a major event in the Cedar Rapids to Iowa City Corridor that even 8 years …
Gazette staff
News Dec. 10, 2016 3:25 pm
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Legislation directing the Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize work on a flood protection system for Cedar …
Weather Dec. 9, 2016 3:00 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – Citizens are being urged to provide input about a proposed replacement project for the Eighth Avenue Bridge, …
News Dec. 5, 2016 4:36 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – With two major floods in the last eight years under their belts, Linn County Supervisors want to …
Living Nov. 27, 2016 5:00 am
During this year’s flood, the comments people made, again and again, were something like this: ‘Look at the way our …
Weather Nov. 1, 2016 12:39 pm
DES MOINES – President Barack Obama designated 19 Iowa counties as eligible for federal assistance to help rebound from at …
The Gazette
Weather Nov. 1, 2016 9:49 am
President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster exists in Linn County and 18 other Iowa counties and has ordered …
News Jan. 12, 2022 10:07 am
CEDAR RAPIDS — Ellis Harbor tenants say they are as frustrated as anyone by major costs from flooding for the …
News Jan. 12, 2022 10:06 am
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids man said he was denied access three times under threat of arrest to save …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 30, 2016 12:45 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – With both major party presidential candidates in town Friday, Cedar Rapids officials used the opportunity to press …