Nine Dead After Midwest US Flooding

by Rob Walker | June 9, 2008 at 02:29 pm | 800 views | 14 comments

At least nine people are dead after heavy weekend rainfall caused flooding in Indiana, Wisonsin and Iowa.

Streams and rivers were overrun with torrential waters and President Bush declared 29 Indiana counties as disaster areas.

Military crews joined the sandbagging operations in an attempt to stem the rising water levels.

Military crews joined desperate sandbagging operations Monday as Indiana streams flooded to record levels, while the East Coast turned into a steam bath with temperatures simmering toward the century mark.
Nine deaths were blamed on stormy weekend weather, most in the Midwest. Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle declared an emergency for 29 counties and President Bush late Sunday declared a major disaster in 29 Indiana counties. Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said nearly a third of his state's 99 counties need federal help.

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cynthia yoo

at 14:30 on June 9th, 2008

good stuff:

Rob Walker, pls keep us updated.

Rhonda J Mangus

at 18:22 on June 9th, 2008

good stuff:

Rob Walker, I like this story. It's good stuff.

travisg999

at 19:48 on June 9th, 2008

9 inches of rain in the first 9 days of june for the Milwaukee area. it came down in buckets... lots of wind and lots of lightning.

travis

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Aplseed

at 22:48 on June 9th, 2008

A continual stream of severe thunderstorms bring tornado and flood damage to the heartland. Many fields are under water, rivers are escaping their banks, receding and quickly flooding again when the next storm arrives.

Kelly87

at 20:20 on June 9th, 2008

A crazy whirl wind of events this weather has been. We woke up to find that we couldn't leave our house. We have two little girls and the power shut off. At that point I started to get scared. Then with in minutes are basement was flooded with 6-7 inches of water. Needless to say...we have a lot of clean up to do.

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OneEyedJax

at 20:39 on June 9th, 2008

This is just one of the many farm fields in Waukesha County, Wisconsin under water from this weekend's deluge of storms. Some rain totals in the area reached 9+ inches in just two days. Rivers and creeks in the state are way over their banks. They had already been struggling to recede since early May.

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citizensharp

at 21:35 on June 9th, 2008

good stuff:

Rob Walker, I like this story. It's good stuff.

PEP

at 21:36 on June 9th, 2008

We're flooded in several areas of my town, although so far, knock wood, it's just mostly the usual stuff that happens when we flood around here. We've had more than 6 inches of rain in slightly more than 24 hours, and that follows weeks of intense thunderstorms (and tornado watches/warnings, hail, high winds, ec.) that dumped a lot of water.

Some folks have had to be evacuated, including one apartment complex. Alas, other appointments kept me from getting pictures today. Some roads are closed off.

keithb2461

at 21:42 on June 9th, 2008

we where about 8 miles east of Viroqua WS. The raion s hit about 11:30......this pic was taken at 3:00. It was a very hard rain and the streams could not hoold all the water

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bellecadeau

at 21:42 on June 9th, 2008

Capital Avenue in front of Village Park in Pewaukee Wisconsin. Flood waters on the roadway.

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SassyPriscilla

at 22:08 on June 9th, 2008

Soccer field flooded in Wauwatosa, WI 6/8/08.
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Apertome

at 22:11 on June 9th, 2008

Here in Bloomington, IN, we got over 8 inches of rain Thursday night/Friday morning I believe, and water levels keep rising. More rain today. I've personally been lucky and not been affected by this too much, but some people have gotten stranded in various cities, others have lost their homes to flooding. From what I have heard, Spencer, IN and Martinsville, IN are both largely underwater (or at least they were as of yesterday).

My photos are from a bike ride in Yellowwood State Forest. I had to wade through water at one point to get through part of one road.

shy fair lady

at 12:12 on June 10th, 2008

This photo of Fox Creek was taken around 11:15 AM on June 8th in a Waukee Neighborhood. The waters receded after an hour or so, but it was the second time they rose so high and receded: once at 9 AM and once at 11. This is the ground telling us she just can't take it anymore.

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Aplseed

at 14:28 on June 11th, 2008

More severe weather to come, and Des Moines IA is shutting down many of it,s roads and bridges in the Downtown area due to the rising waters of the Des Moines and Racoon rivers. Fluer driver is arlready under water again, and they are comparign the floods to the great flood of 1993.