This is our life today. Our small town of Vinton is simply overrun with water, no electricity, no phone service. And, more rain as I post with torrential rains predicted for the next to the weekend. Going to be a long couple of days.
Officials say areas will see water levels above 1993 records
By WILLIAM PETROSKI and MOLLY HOTTLE • bpetroski@dmreg.com • June 11, 2008
The swelling Iowa and Cedar rivers delivered disasters across northeast Iowa.
Evacuations, water damage, closed highways and submerged downtowns dominated the day on Tuesday in cities such as Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Coralville and Iowa City.
The rivers streamed into smaller towns of Decorah, Elkader, Nashua, New Hartford, Palo, Washburn and Waverly, causing more damage and frustration.
Water began to come over the Coralville Reservoir spillway around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, said Kate Soska, a park ranger at Coralville Lake.
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