June 27, 2008
U. of Iowa Recounts Hairbreadth Rescues and Harsh Losses in Flood
As the floodwaters that inundated the University of Iowa slowly recede, summer-school classes are scheduled to resume this week and the daunting task of assessing the damage and preparing for clean-up and repairs will begin.
Twenty buildings were flooded, some with up to eight feet of water, when the Iowa River, which bends through the campus, spilled over its banks.
Among the saturated buildings: virtually the entire arts campus, a $25-million scientific-research building with
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