June Floods 2008

All across Iowa record rainfalls have pushed rivers and lakes to the bursting point. In neighboring states the story is much the same. Iowa, nestled in the heart of the Mississippi River Valley, has known it's share of flooding over the years. But even to some 'old-timers' this is something new. The Cedar, the Iowa, the Skunk and the Wapsipinicon rivers are all at record levels. With a chance of storms each day of the week to come, many predict these records to be broken.



Here the old bridge across the Wapsipinicon shows just how high this raging river is. Between June 7th and 8th, Anamosa recieved over 3.5 inches of rain, with more falling in the evening of the 8th. The river is expected to crest some time between the evening of the 12th and the morning of the 13th.
This picture was taken on the evening of June 9th.