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June 2008 Midwest floods

June 2008 Midwestern U.S. floods
US flood map 2008-06-10.jpg
Map of river flooding as of June 10, 2008
Date June 7 - July 1
Location Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin
Deaths 16 Deaths
Property damage $6 Billion+
June 2008 Illinois Flood
Date June 7 - June 28
Location Adams, Hancock, Henderson, Mercer counties
Deaths 1 Death
Property damage $31.2 million
June 2008 Indiana Flood
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House on the Southern Johnson County, Indiana line underwater due to flooding
Date June 7 - June 16
Location 54 of 92 Counties
Public and Individual
Assistance: 33 Counties
Adams, Bartholomew, Benton, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Elkhart, Fountain, Franklin, Fulton, Gibson, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Huntington, Jackson, Jay Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, LaGrange, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Martin, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Newton, Ohio, Owen, Parke, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Decatur, Shelby, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Union, Vanderburgh Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash, Warrick, Wayne, and White counties.
Deaths 3 Deaths
Property damage estimated: $126 million — $1 billion
June 2008 Iowa Flood
Dairy Queen, Cedar Rapids, June 12 2008.jpg
Looking towards downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on June 12
Date June 7 - July 1
Deaths 2 Deaths
Property damage $10 billion+
June 2008 Michigan Flood
Date June 7 - June 16
Deaths 8 Deaths
Property damage $17.8 million
June 2008 Missouri Flood
Date June 10 - July 28
Location Clark, Pike, Lincoln, St. Charles
Deaths 0 Deaths
Property damage TBD
June 2008 Wisconsin Flood
New Dell Creek Channel draining Lake Delton with wrecked homes.jpg
Dell Creek Breach of Lake Delton
Date June 7 - June 21
Location Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Lafayette, La Crosse, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Ozaukee, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, Vernon, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha and Winnebago counties.
Deaths 1 Death
Property damage $664.6 million

The June 2008 Midwestern United States floods were flooding events which affected portions of the Midwest United States. After months of heavy precipitation, a number of rivers overflowed their banks for several weeks at a time and broke through levees at numerous locations. Flooding continued into July. States affected by the flooding included Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. The American Red Cross assisted the victims of flooding and tornadoes across seven states and the National Guard was mobilized to assist in disaster relief and evacuation.

Flooding continued as long as two weeks with central Iowa and Cedar Rapids being hardest hit. The upper Mississippi Valley experienced flooding in Missouri and Illinois as the region's estuaries drained the floodwater into the river. The flood left thirteen dead and damage region-wide was estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars.

On June 11, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich deemed Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper and Lawrence counties as disaster areas. Levee breaks on June 10 flooded portions of Lawrence County near Lawrenceville, inundating a campsite and forcing the evacuations of 200 homes.


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