Posted AT 2:29 PM EST on 16/06/08
New problems ahead for flood-stricken Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Even as flood fears eased in Iowa City, the state's south and east prepared for new problems ahead for a string of towns along the Mississippi River.
Sandbagging was under way in Burlington, a key rail hub, to build the city's levee system and protect it from the river; 350 people had been evacuated.
Two more deaths were reported, bringing the state's death toll from flooding to five.
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