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VIDEO: Iowa Floods 2008

With Iowa facing one of it's worst natural disasters in history, I take you on a tour of some of the destruction, talk to a climatologist about what all this 100-year and 500-year talk is about, and check in with our elected officials on where we go from here.

by NathanLeigh on Jun 18,2008

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blueinthebluegrass 507 days ago

Great job! Incredible footage. I guess it really changes your perspective on things when you get down close and see it in real life. Stay dry!

CassidyHartmann 506 days ago

Wow. Awesome job, Nathan.

EricaAmerica 506 days ago

Amazing example of citizen journalism. Keep it up.

SiaNyorkor_NJ 506 days ago

so up close and personal...FANTASTIC job Nathan!

CoryMidgarden 506 days ago

Nice work! You have very compelling footage in this story.

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