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Flooded Iowa communities surviving with trucked-in water

The surging waters have damaged hundreds of homes in the Midwest and been blamed for at least three deaths — two in Nebraska and one in Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa — As some communities along the Missouri River start to shift their focus to flood recovery after a late-winter storm, residents in two Iowa cities are stuck in crisis mode after their treatment plants shut down and left them in need of fresh water.

Tanker trucks from the Iowa National Guard and a private company are hauling water into Hamburg and Glenwood, said Lucinda Parker, a spokeswoman with Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Many evacuated from flooded areas in the southwestern part of the state are staying in shelters or with family and friends in the wake of the flooding and water struggles it has caused.

"The water is starting to go down in communities and they’re looking at how they’re going to start their recovery," Parker said Wednesday.

Trucks are hauling about 300,000 gallons per day to Glenwood’s water treatment plant from the neighboring cities of Red Oak and Shenandoah, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. Grocery store chains Hy-Vee and Fareway also have […]

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Flooded Iowa communities surviving with trucked-in water
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As some communities along the Missouri River start to shift their focus to flood recovery, residents in two Iowa cities are stuck in crisis mode.
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