CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, June 13 (UPI) -- Three Iowa cities, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, were threatened by rising rivers Friday with thousands of people forced to evacuate.
In Des Moines, police suggested that everyone within the "500-year floodplain" of the Des Moines River leave by 6 p.m. Friday, The Des Moines Register reported. Public Works Director Bill Stowe said the water is expected to come close to the top of the levees or to top them.