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Flooding - Centerville, Iowa, July 22, 2010 -- Americorps volunteers assist Iowa Department of Natural Resources employees as they fill US Army Corps of Engineers supplied sandbags at the Rathbun Lake Hatchery. The hatchery sits one-quarter mile south of the Rathbun Dam in south central Iowa. The hatchery is threatened by recent rain flow from the dam and the nearby Chariton River. FEMA/Leo Anderson
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Title: Volunteers deploying sandbags in Iowa
Production Date: 07/22/2010
Caption: Centerville, Iowa, July 22, 2010 -- Americorps volunteers assist Iowa Department of Natural Resources employees as they fill US Army Corps of Engineers supplied sandbags at the Rathbun Lake Hatchery. The hatchery sits one-quarter mile south of the Rathbun Dam in south central Iowa. The hatchery is threatened by recent rain flow from the dam and the nearby Chariton River. FEMA/Leo Anderson
Photographer Name: Leo 'Jace' Anderson
City/State: Centerville, IA
Keywords: Flooding
Disaster Types: Flooding
Categories: Public Assistance ^ Response
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