Floodwaters swamp Iowa town; drinking water all but gone
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080613/capt.1369512ea8fe42589c8aecb8be927abb.severe_weather_midwest_flooding_iajr111.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=suhWhYRTThba1odyLUbZGA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Flooded homes are seen Friday, June 13, 2008, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Rising water from the Cedar River forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital Friday after residents of more than 3,000 homes fled for higher ground. A railroad bridge collapsed, and 400 city blocks were under water. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_re_us/midwest_flooding)AP - Hospital patients in wheelchairs and on stretchers were evacuated in the middle of the night as the biggest flood Cedar Rapids has ever seen swamped more than 400 blocks Friday and all but cut off the supply of clean drinking water in the city of 120,000.</p><br clear="all"/>
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