Flooding in Upper Midwest continues by Lenka Filipova

The capital of Iowa, Des Moines, is suffering at its worst. The level of the Cedar River is raising rapidly, thus forcing more and more citizens to leave their homes and move to area of higher ground. In addition to this, it has been stated that the hardest flooding impacts are on Cedar Rapids, a city of more than 124,000 people. According to the news, more than 438 city blocks are flooded. The Governor Chet Culver explained the seriousness of the situation as 83 counties out of 99 are to be announced disaster areas due to the fact, that nine rivers in the upper Midwest area are either on their flood levels or they exceed it. Well, this is the highest level ever crested. In 1993, the river level reached 19.27 feet, which was at that time considered the most disastrous flood in the history.Unfortunately, those who were evacuated and taken to the uptown hospital, are now bearing another danger. The thing is that water is getting to the lowest stories, where the energy emergency regulator is situated. Hence, the hospital is running the risk of losing the power, which may be fatal for several patients. A spokesman for the Cedar Rapids fire department, Dave Doch, emphasized the necessity to minimize the amount of water used. He told that they were using more water than producing. He, therefore, called upon the citizens to reduce their usage and use it only for drinking.It is fortunate that the weather forecast is not bleak anymore. Actually, the sunny and dry days are expected from the beginning of the week.

by Lenka Filipova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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