Severe weather pummels Iowa

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 Property

The Lake Delhi dam in eastern Iowa failed July 24 as rising floodwater from the Maquoketa River ate a 30-foot-wide hole in the earthen dam, causing water to drop 45 feet to the river below and threatening the small town of Hopkinton. Northeast Iowa has been inundated with torrential rain in recent days...

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