Cedar Rapids Faces Weekend Flooding and Sandbag Battle
In Cedar Rapids volunteers filled 20 000 sandbags as water backed up through storm sewers. The National Guard aided refueling pumps and city workers worked through sleep loss to keep downtown businesses dry. Two Muscatine County men escaped a canoe capsize on the swollen Cedar River.
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Serbousek
National Guard
Ellis Park
City Hall
Muscatine County
Steven Coulter
Thomas Lee
Saulsbury Road
Sheriff's Department
Cedar County
Rochester
Olde Tavern
Marjeane Elliott
West Branch
Cedar River
Elliott
Roads Closed as Cedar River Flood Waters Rise Across Linn County
Officials urged drivers and pedestrians to avoid barricaded areas near the Cedar River as widespread road closures spread through Cedar Rapids and Palo. Blocking streets include SE avenues and streets from 10th to 15th, A Street SW, and Northwest corridors while residents seek higher ground and water supplies are tested.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Otis Road
15Th Avenue
High Drive
14Th Avenue
Fourth Street
10Th Avenue
12Th Avenue
Third Street
Eighth Avenue
Sixth Street
Second Street
Fifth Street
Ninth Avenue
C Street
21St Avenue
Old River Road
Ely Road
River Bend
Mubarak says warnings could have prevented the World Trade Center bombing
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak told the New York Times that U.S. officials could have prevented the attack if they had heeded warnings about fundamentalist Muslims in America. He said specific information about individuals and mosques was shared with U.S. intelligence and declined to give further details during his Washington visit with President Clinton.
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New York
World Trade Center
U.S
Egypt
America
Hosni Mubarak
New York Times
United States
Mubarak
Washington
Clinton
Fire ravages Curtis home. two saved, arson suspected
Two unidentified men inside a dark house aided by smoke and flames. Curtis and his wife, injured, were helped by officers and neighbors as the older one story building burned uncontrollably. Firefighters faced multiple blazes in the area including Margaret Robinson’s carport fire and a propane tank truck fire nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
American Red Cross
Margaret Robinson
N St. SW
Robinson
Brockhohn
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Town Centre
Albert Ruffalo
Ruffalo, Cody & Associates
Killian
Third Avenue SE
Ruffalo
Nassifs Hair Design
Ashley’s Restaurant
New Life Fitness World
Nassifs
Muscatine Rescue
Ellis Road
Edgewood Road
Ellis Boulevard
Penn Avenue
C Avenue
Glass Road
4 Avenue
Eighth Street
Ellis Lane
6 Avenue
Ball Diamond
Linn County
Palo
Civil Defense
Tom Clymer
Palo Fire Department
Clymer
Rires
Mike Peterson
Cedar Hills
Eastern Iowa Journal
Gazette
Kevin Murphy
Jim Harris
Vivian
John Curtis
Cription
Zachary Pail
Cadbury
Peanut M&m
ASUS
MI. Phipps Pretzel Chips
Kid's Kitchen
Aloe
Hershey
Reeses
YORK
Sun Valley
Allerfed
Dinty Moore
BROCK
Palmer
Sweetarts
L'Eggs Classics
Uight Hamm
Keystone
Lay
Iiva Potato
Coca-Cola
16Th Ave
S.W
Center Point RD
N.E
Mt. Vernon Rd
S.E
S. Riverside
Iowa City
7Th Ave
Muscatine
Marion
Cocacola
E. Washington St
Lantern Park Plaza
Coralville
Pierre Cardin Caine
Gairie
First Ave
Williams Blvd
MIDAS
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