Houses sit on a flooded street in Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 13, 2008. Overflowing rivers in Iowa and other Midwest U.S. states forced evacuations and disrupted the region's economy on Friday with fears of worse to come from fragile levees and more rain.

An aerial photo shows Mercy Hospital as it takes on water in Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 13, 2008. The hospital eventually flooded and evacuated its patients after a levee break on the Cedar River turned the downtown area into a shallow lake.

An aerial photograph shows the City of Palo, Iowa, June 13, 2008. The oil slick is visible over the flooded area located next to the Cedar River. Overflowing rivers in Iowa forced evacuations and disrupted the region's economy on Friday with fears of worse to come from fragile levees and more rain. Thousands were forced to leave their homes in the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years.

An aerial photo shows a flooded area of downtown looking North over Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 13, 2008. Interstate I-380 can be seen at top while Mays Island, with Cedar Rapids City Hall, is seen on the left with its bridges under water. Floodwaters have inundated about 100 city blocks of Cedar Rapids, Iowa's second-largest city with 200,000 residents.

Three people in a raft float down a street and pass the Safari Lounge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 12, 2008.

A woman talks on her cellphone on the front porch of her house in Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 12, 2008.

An aerial photograph shows the Cargill corn plant on the banks of the Cedar River inundated with flood waters South of downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 13, 2008. Overflowing rivers in Iowa forced evacuations and disrupted the region's economy on Friday with fears of worse to come from fragile levees and more rain. Thousands were forced to leave their homes in the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years.

An aerial photograph shows the Prairie Creek Generating station on the South side of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 13, 2008. Located less than a quarter of a mile from the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids, where floodwaters inundated about 100 city blocks of Cedar Rapids, Iowa's second-largest city with 200,000 residents.

This aerial view shows Mays Island, the location of the City of Cedar Rapids City Hall, with nearby bridges completely underwater in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 13, 2008. Overflowing rivers in Iowa forced evacuations and disrupted the region's economy on Friday with fears of worse to come from fragile levees and more rain.

An aerial photograph shows flooded area of City of Palo, Iowa, June 13, 2008. City of Palo is located about 12 miles north of Cedar Rapids with about a thousand residents who were required to evacuate.

An aerial photograph shows flooded area of downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 13, 2008. Interstate I-380 can be seen in the center. Floodwaters inundated about 100 city blocks of Cedar Rapids, Iowa's second-largest city with 200,000 residents.

Most of the railroad bridge over the Cedar River next to the Eighth Street bridge has collapsed in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa due to record level flooding on the morning of Thursday, June 12, 2008.

An Iowa resident carries his two cats to dry land in Cedar Rapids. Iowa's biggest cities were submerged after swollen rivers forced thousands of residents to flee their homes amid devastating floods in the Midwestern state.

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