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Flooded Iowa towns face long cleanup after rising rivers
Dave Rasdal surveys flood aftermath across eastern Iowa towns from Vinton to Columbus Junction. Residents salvage belongings, empty basements, and haul debris as water recedes. In Oxford Junction and Decorah communities, neighbors aid neighbors while farmers cope with fields and farm buildings flooded, and optimism remains for rebuilding.
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Dillon
Don Power
Dalton
Volga
Maquoketa
Iowa
Nikki Conner
Sal Leanhart
Iowa City
Rochester Hotel
William Green
Rochester
Cedar River
New Pioneer Coop
Nikki
Jeffrey Lee
Sal
Vinton
Dave Moore
David III
Iowa Falls
Rod
Cedar Rapids
Dave
Patricia
Oxford Junction
Legionnaire
Jerry Andresen
Turkey River
Anne Nelson
Gerald Koch
Madalen
Larry Ishman
Anne
Elkader
Dave Wilke
Wilke
David Moore
Rod Moore