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If hurricanes are Mother Nature's barroom brawlers, swiftly finishing their business and heading for the door, floods tend to behave more like unwanted houseguests: they park themselves in the living room, tear up the furniture, and generally make a nuisance of themselves for weeks or months before finally having...
As the Great Flood of '93 recedes, it is likely to leave in its wake a rash of health problems ranging from disease to chemical pollution. A variety of infections related to sanitation and hygiene, all spread by floodwater, are already giving health officials headaches. Thanks to at least 18...
Perhaps, but in the middle of the disaster Midwesterners showed a stunning good humor, resilience and neighborly spirit. It was especially notable in the Iowa capital, Des Moines, which was hit possibly harder than any other big city. A flood along the Raccoon River at the beginning of last week...
Yet as a chain of about 100 people heaved sandbags to protect the water- treatment plant in West Des Moines from further flooding, the atmosphere was downright festive. Jokes flew (most popular: the state motto, "Iowa -- A Place to Grow," should be changed to "Iowa -- A Place to Row"). Valerie...
| The phone call came while Robert Shaw, features editor at the Des Moines Register, was researching a story at the newspaper's library. His son Benjamin, three months old, had stopped breathing during his afternoon nap. "They told me to meet my wife at the hospital, which is about five...