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Environment

Iowa floods

A huge tornado funnel cloud touches down in Orchard, Iowa
Orchard, Iowa, June 10: A tornado funnel cloud touches down. Lori Mehmen of Orchard, took the photo from outside her front door. Mehmen said the funnel cloud came near the ground and then went back up into the clouds. Besides tree and crop damage, no injuries were reported Photograph: Lori Menhem /AP
Charles Wittke rows down a flooded street in front of his home in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 12: Charles Wittke rows down a flooded street in front of his home Photograph: Scott Olson /Getty
A traffic light shows red above a Flooded street in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 13: Traffic lights still working on a flooded street Photograph: Scott Olson /Getty
Firefighter Jason Lopez patrols a flooded street looking for stranded residents in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 13: Firefighter Jason Lopez patrols a flooded street looking for stranded residents Photograph: Scott Olson /Getty
An aerial image of downtown shows flood-affected areas in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 13: An aerial image of downtown shows flood-affected areas. Flooding along the Cedar river was expected to peak further Photograph: David Greedy /Getty
Wyatt Hentges, 2, naps on a Red Cross cot in the Prairie High School gymnasium in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, June 13: Wyatt Hentges, 2, naps on a Red Cross cot in the Prairie High School gymnasium. The gymnasium has been converted into an evacuation centre for victims of the Cedar river flooding Photograph: Scott Olson /Getty
Employees and Volunteers fill sandbags at Kings Material in Coralville
Coralville, Iowa, June 14: Employees and volunteers fill sandbags. Flood water from the Iowa river is expected to crest in Coralville and Iowa City at record levels Photograph: Scott Olson /Getty
Coast Guard boats head out from Iowa City
Iowa City, Iowa, June 15: Coastguard boats head out from Iowa City to view flooded areas nearby and Coralville Photograph: Sue Ogrocki /AP
Ronald Austin rests on a cot at a Red Cross shelter in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 15: Ronald Austin rests on a cot at a Red Cross shelter set up at Viola Gibson Elementary School. Austin is now displaced after the water flooded his home at the Geneva Tower in south-east Cedar Rapids Photograph: Courtney Sargent/The Gazette/AP
Flood water from the Iowa River rages through farmland near Oakville
Oakville, Iowa, June 15: The Iowa river broke through a levee flooding the town of Oakville and the surrounding farmland Photograph: Scott Olson /Getty
National guardsmen fill sand bags near Oakville
Oakville, Iowa, June 15: Soldiers help volunteers fill sandbags at the Apostolic Christian Church Photograph: Scott Olson /Getty
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