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  • Dustin Rickels of Monticello gazes out on an emptying Lake Delhi from a cabin deck above a breached dam on Sunday, July 25, 2010 near Delhi, Iowa. The Lake Delhi dam failed the day before as flooding on the Maquoketa River raised the lake to an unprecedented level. A 30-foot-wide hole was eaten away from the earthen dam, draining the nine mile long recreational lake and threatening the small downtstream town of Hopkinton.

  • Water rushes through the destroyed dam on Lake Delhi Saturday evening, July 24, 2010.

  • A pontoon boat rests sideways below Greg Kromminga of Monticello surveys the emptying Lake Delhi from his dock near the lake's dam on Saturday evening, July 24, 2010. The destroyed dam is at rear, with the roadway over it completely washed out.

  • Mitch Jensen, 18, left, and Karson Kromminga, 17, both of Monticello, sit on a dock and watch Lake Delhi empty out near Kromminga's parent's lake home Saturday evening, July 24, 2010. The Lake Delhi dam in eastern Iowa failed earlier in the day as rising floodwater from the Maquoketa River ate a 30-foot-wide hole in the earthen dam, draining the recreational lake and threatening the small downtstream town of Hopkinton.

  • A boat and part of a boat lift lie on the floor of an emptying Lake Delhi Sunday morning, July 25, 2010.

  • Onlookers stand at the edge of the breached dam at Lake Delhi early Sunday morning, July 25, 2010. Flood water breached and destroyed the dam the day before, emptying the nine mile long lake.

  • Water empties through the breached dam at Lake Delhi Sunday morning, July 25, 2010.

  • The breached dam at Lake Delhi Sunday morning, July 25, 2010. Flood water breached and destroyed the dam the day before, emptying the nine mile long lake.

  • A bicycle is revealed in the floor of Lake Delhi Sunday morning, July 25, 2010 as water empties from the lake. Flood water breached and destroyed the dam the day before, emptying the nine mile long lake.

  • Carl and Elaine Burkle of Dyersville survey the damage near the breached dam at Lake Delhi early Sunday morning, July 25, 2010. "It just makes you sick. Our kids grew up on this lake, such a shame." said Elaine, who has siblings with cabins on the lake. Flood water breached and destroyed the dam the day before, emptying the nine mile long lake.

  • Water rushes through the breached dam at Lake Delhi Sunday morning, July 25, 2010. Flood water breached and destroyed the dam the day before, emptying the nine mile long lake.

  • A ski and pontoon boat sit dry docked in an empty Lake Delhi Sunday, July 25, 2010. Sun beating down began to dry and crack the lake's muddy floor. Flood water breached and destroyed the dam the day before, emptying the nine mile long lake.

  • Hilton Coliseum is surrounded by water Wednesday, August 11, 2010 from the flooded South Skunk River and Squaw Creek.

  • Bill Gaul, Iowa State University graduate student from Des Moines, turns back from flood water covering the intersection of Lincoln Way and University Blvd. Werdnesday morning in Ames. "I guess I won't be going to campus today," he said. Flooding in Ames, Iowa Wednesday, August 11, 2010 from the flooded South Skunk River and Squaw Creek.

  • Dormitories on the Iowa State University campus are met by flowing flood water Wednesday, August 11, 2010 from the flooded South Skunk River and Squaw Creek.

  • Laura Eggers pauses by her floating bed in her flooded bedroom while salvaging some of her belongings from her apartment on South 5th St. in Ames, Iowa on Wednesday, August 11, 2010.

  • Laura Eggers wades through waist-deep water while salvaging some of her belongings from her apartment on South 5th St. in Ames Wednesday, August 11, 2010. Flood levels for the Skunk River and Squaw Creek in Ames crested at record levels Wednesday, after eight inches of rain fell overnight, inundating the city and the campus of Iowa State University.

  • Kristi Elliott of Ames retrieves her flood insurance policy from an elevated file cabinet while gathering crucial belongings from her apartment flooded by waist-deep water Ames, Iowa. Flooding in Ames, Iowa Wednesday, August 11, 2010 from the flooded South Skunk River and Squaw Creek.

  • Kristi Elliott of Ames wades through waist-deep flood water while salvaging some of her belongings from her apartment on South 5th St. in Ames Wednesday morning. Flooding in Ames, Iowa Wednesday, August 11, 2010 from the flooded South Skunk River and Squaw Creek.

  • Employees and customers are evacuated from Wal-Mart in a dumptruck and front end loader during flooding in Ames, Iowa, August 11, 2010.

  • Dave Knecht of Ames rides his bike down University Boulevard Wednesday afternoon in Ames. Knecht was in Ames for the massive floods of 1993 and said today is comparable to that historic flood. Flooding in Ames, Iowa Wednesday, August 11, 2010 from the flooded South Skunk River and Squaw Creek.

  • Cruel irony came in the form of a street sign as Tony Malone pushes a catamaran to help neighbors Calvin and Mike Jennings salvage items from their flooded home on Water Street in Cambridge. Water from the swollen South Skunk River began rising into homes at 3 a.m.

  • Cambridge firefighter Nick Hilgenberg, left, aids Shorty Heslop depart from his flooded home in Cambridge.

  • "I got really upset when I started seeing sentimental things floating," says Barbara Eshelman of how her family could not keep up with Friday's floodwaters pouring into the basement of their Williams Street home near Four Mile Creek on Des Moines' east side. Wiping sweat from her face, she spent Saturday clearing out her basement and putting everyting into one of two piles -- one for items to salvage, one for items to throw away.

  • Marcial Leiva of Marsden Building Maintenance places a flood-ruined door in a large dumpster outside the 100 Court Avenue building Sunday morning, June 15, 2008. Items from the building's basement are being cleaned or thrown out.

  • Iowa Gov. Chet Culver surveys flooding damage on the Upper Iowa River near Decorah during a helicopter tour over Iowa, June 10, 2008.

  • The swollen Turkey River engulfs Elkader, Iowa, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.

  • A boat navigates NW Beaver Drive Friday, June 13, 2008 in Johnston. About four feet of water from the flooded Beaver Creek covers NW Beaver Drive.

  • Natalie Leverette pats her rain-soaked son, Cameron, 12, on the head while their family works to empty and evacuate their home on SE 9th Street near the swelling Des Moines River Wednesday, June 11, 2008.

  • Members of the Iowa National Guard confer atop a levee protecting the Birdland neighborhood from flood water Thursday evening, June 12, 2008 in Des Moines.

  • Iowa National Guardsman Spc. Dustin Houghton takes a break atop a pile of sandbags adjacent to the Birdland levee Thursday evening, June 12, 2008 in Des Moines. He is one of about 300 guard members helping to raise the levee in anticipation of high flood water from the nearby Des Moines River.

  • Terry Pohlman collects raindrops on the brim of his hardhat while waiting out the storm at Manatt's Construction Company in Johnston, Wednesday morning, June 11, 2008.

  • Principal Park, almost completely surrounded by flood water from the Raccoon River, made for a placid backdrop for a bicyclist Friday evening, June 13, 2008. The Iowa Cubs were to host a game Friday night, but the floods forced a cancellation.

  • A trio of bicyclists ride on a narrow strip of land between a flooded parking lot and the Raccoon River Friday evening, June 13, 2008.

  • Interstate 35/80 north of Des Moines, Iowa is bookended by floodwater Saturday, June 14, 2008.

  • A road is washed as a gorge is carved by flow from the Saylorvile Lake emergency spillway during flooding Saturday, June 14, 2008.

  • Closed downtown Des Moines bridges are nearly submerged by the flooding Des Moines River Saturday, June 14, 2008.

  • Muddy water swirls at the confluence of the Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers Friday afternoon, June 13, 2008.