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Workers pack sandbags to build a levee to hold back the rising flood waters from the nearby Missouri River, in Hamburg, Iowa on June 15, 2011.
Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2011

Open quoteWe are the drain of southwest Iowa ... We take all the water from everywhere.Close quote

  • MIKE NENNEMAN,
  • a farmer from Iowa, on why Army Corps of Engineers crews have scrambled to create a temporary levee to protect areas of Fremont County from the rising waters of the Missouri River
Photo: Charlie Neibergall / AP | Source: NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO