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Articles Tagged: Flood 2016
News Oct. 20, 2017 9:01 pm1927d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A national group interested in better understanding flood readiness is hosting a community meeting in Cedar Rapids …
Weather Oct. 1, 2017 2:40 pm1946d ago
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 pm2073d ago
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 pm410d ago
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 pm390d ago
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 pm395d ago
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 pm2241d ago
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 pm2242d ago
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 pm2246d ago
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 am2255d ago
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 pm2280d ago
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 am2280d ago
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 am382d ago
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 am382d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids man said he was denied access three times under threat of arrest to save …