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June 12, 2008. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Gavin Zachman tries to empty water from his soaked shoes. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
June 12, 2008. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Cedar River has flooded the city. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
June 12, 2008. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Residents try to clean up where flood waters from the Cedar River have receded. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
June 12, 2008. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A dangerous bike ride through the flooded streets. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
June 12, 2008. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Cedar River has flooded the city. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
June 12, 2008. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Cedar River has flooded the city. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
June 12, 2008. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Jim Piersall surveys his flooded neighborhood. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross.
June 12, 2008. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Taking a break from flood cleanup. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
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June 12, 2008. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Cedar River has flooded the city. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
June 12, 2008. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A boat proves to be the best way to see the extent of the flooding in this neighborhood. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
June 12, 2008. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A boat proves to be the best way to see the extent of the flooding in this neighborhood. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
June 12, 2008. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
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Flooding from the Cedar River inundated much of Cedar Rapids.
Flooding from the Cedar River inundated much of Cedar Rapids.
Flooding drove these two men to a rooftop, where they wait for rescue.
Flooding from the Cedar River inundated much of Cedar Rapids.
Flooding from the Cedar River inundated much of Cedar Rapids.
In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the Cedar River flooded, inundating the city.
Flooding from the Cedar River inundated much of Cedar Rapids.
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Juanita, a Red Cross nurse, gives water sanitation information and health advice to residents of flooded Cedar Rapi
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This cat was rescued from a flooded Cedar Rapids home by soldiers traveling the neighborhood by boat.
Flood waters inundate Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
As flood waters recede in this Cedar Rapids neighborhood, Red Cross volunteer Jim Hendrix delivers water and snacks to residents.
Red Cross volunteer Lori Gant distributes water to Iowa Department of Natural Resource workers.
As flood waters recede in this Cedar Rapids neighborhood, Red Cross volunteer Jim Hendrix delivers water and snacks to residents.
A hot meal lifts the spirits of this family, staying at a Cedar Rapids shelter to escape widespread flooding.
Volunteer Mindy Pinkus comforts Pam Schlomann, who is clearing the ruined furniture and other items from her flooded Waverly, Iowa, home.
Volunteer Mindy Pinkus provides Pam Scholmann with a cleanup kit. Pam's Waverly, Iowa, home was flooded, and cleanup will be a long, arduous process.
Volunteer Mindy Pinkus provides Pam Scholmann with a cleanup kit. Pam's Waverly, Iowa, home was flooded, and cleanup will be a long, arduous process.
Pam Schlomann of Waverly, Iowa, dumps the debris from her flooded basement.
Pam Schlomann of Waverly, Iowa, dumps the debris from her flooded basement.
In Waverly, Iowa, McKenzie Wedemeier takes a break from cleaning up her grandmother's home, which was flooded by the Cedar River.
Volunteer Mindy Pinkus talks with McKenzie Wedemeier, who has been helping clean up her grandmother's Cedar Rapids home, damaged by flooding
Red Cross volunteer Anthony Van Deven delivers a cleanup kit to Betty Meyer Dennis, whose Cedar Rapids home was flooded.
Red Cross volunteers Anthony Van Deven and Mindy Pinkus meet with Betty Meyer Dennis to assess the damage to her flooded Cedar Rapids home.
This cleanup kit will come in handy, as the homeowner starts to deal with the flooding damage to his Waverly, Iowa, home.
Mindy Pinkus speaks with Pam Drape, Breanna Hune Miller and Morgan Merrill in front of their Waverly, Iowa, home. Flood waters are receding and Mindy is doing damage assessment.
In Waverly, Iowa, Breanna Hunemiller cleans out the basement of her flooded home.
Red Cross volunteers work at a service center in Waverly, Iowa.
Diane Drahos' home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was badly damaged by flooding from the Cedar River.
Cedar Rapids residents Eris and Jeremiah Brown are cheered by a snack and cool water delivered by a Red Cross volunteer traveling through their neighborhood.
Cedar Rapids residents Eris and Jeremiah Brown are cheered by a snack and cool water delivered by a Red Cross volunteer traveling through their neighborhood.
Red Cross volunteer Lori Gant hands out water and snacks to Cedar Rapids residents Eris and Jeremiah Brown.
Dave Martin, Jim Piersall and Matt Piersall are delivered a meal after spending the day cleaning out water from a Cedar Rapids church.
Cedar Rapids residents Dwayne Malynaux, Robert Lahe and Martin Burns receive water from Red Cross volunteer Lori Gant. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They've spent the day cleaning out a flooded home.
Cedar Rapids residents Dwayne Malynaux, Robert Lahe and Martin Burns receive water from Red Cross volunteer Lori Gant. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They've spent the day cleaning out a flooded home.
Red Cross volunteer Lori Gant delivers drinks to young Cedar Rapids residents
Red Cross volunteer Ira Goldman gets a pat from Neuwet Neuweten, who is staying at a shelter at Viola Gibson Elementary School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Red Cross volunteer Dottie Lashley looks after the shelter inhabitants at Viola Gibson Elementary School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
William Mullins, just 2 ½ months old, is one of the youngest residents of the Red Cross shelter in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Red Cross volunteer Joyce Bailey takes him for a walk.
Red Cross volunteers Morgan Galle and Krista McCright try to cheer up Kalene Scott up at a shelter in Viola Gibson Elementary School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Their home damaged by flooding, April Chell and Travis Heppee speak with Red Cross volunteer Valerie Lindquist. Lindquist, who is getting married in two days, began her day volunteering at the service center at 6 a.m. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Michael Rector, whose home was damaged by flooding speaks with a Red Cross volunteer at a busy Red Cross service center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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At a Red Cross service center in Cedar Rapids, Red Cross volunteers work with flood victims.
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At a Red Cross volunteers collect and analyze information on the flooded regions of Cedar Rapids at a service center.
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Sally Morris, with daughter Kayla Morris and neighbor Ashley Kott, meet with Red Cross volunteer John Picone at a service center in Cedar Rapids.
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Sarah Ommen looks through photographs of her flooded home at a Red Cross service center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Red Cross and Southern Baptist volunteers introduce themselves, then get down to work feeding flood victims and response workers.
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These Red Cross and Southern Baptist volunteers share a hug
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Red Cross volunteer Lawana Slack wipes the nose of Jeremy Coplen while she checks up on the clients in the waiting area of the service center. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Red Cross volunteers unload cases of water for distribution to Cedar Rapids residents. This bulk distribution center is at Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Volunteers Betsy Kieckhaefer and Luke Hagworth hand out cases of water and cleanup kits to Cedar Rapids residents at a distribution site at Westdale Mall
Jane Gachery plays with son Cornelius at a Red Cross shelter at Viola Gibson Elementary School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
01719952 -- Linda Wright, Jim Bass and Ahn Ho Kim of the Southern Baptist Convention cook meals as Red Cross volunteer Terry Brink comes by to package and load the meals on Emergency Response Vehicles. Together the Red Cross and Southern Baptist Convention are delivering 10,000 meals a day in the Cedar Rapids area alone. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
IMG_0121 -- Calaisha Hended, 4, hugs the Mickey Mouse doll she received at a Red Cross service center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
IMG_9569 -- Red Cross volunteers Steve Clayton, David Moodie, James Malatesta and Herbert Jerry Brown set up Red Cross cleanup kits for mass distribution in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
IMG_9867 – At a Red Cross service center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cheryl Janss and Julie Raim tell their story to a volunteer.
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Michael Rector, whose home was damaged by flooding speaks with a Red Cross volunteer at a busy Red Cross service center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
IMG_9992 -- Red Cross volunteers join efforts with Southern Baptists to cook meals and deliver them in Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs). Volunteers Terry Brink, Vick Mease, Amy Green and Rod Trombley are loading the ERV. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Iowa_Flood_01 -- Red Cross volunteer Terry Brink is handed a case of hot meals by Kim Willis of the Southern Baptist Convention. Together, the Red Cross and Southern Baptists will deliver over 10,000 meals a day in the Cedar Rapids area alone. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
2008-06-22_006 Red Cross volunteer Rick Hayth hands out a cleaning supplies kit to Cedar Resident Ashlee Bennett.
2008-06-22_010.tif A muddied flag hangs from the porch of a house in Cedar Rapids, displaying the record flood levels that hit the city.
2008-06-22_008 Jen Fields is handed a muddy photo of herself as a baby and a Happy Mother’s Day card as she cleans up her grandmother’s destroyed home. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
008-06-22_009 Jen Fields shows Red Cross volunteer Deborah Herron photos of herself that she managed salvage from her grandmother's flooded home. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
2008-06-22-007.tif Red Cross volunteer Deborah Herron comforts Kate Fererhelm at her Cedar Rapids home.
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