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NOAA Photo Library Image - wea00709

Flood workers rebuilding a sandbag barrier hoping to divert the Des Moines River

Image ID: wea00709, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: Ottumwa, Iowa
Photo Date: 1947
Photographer: Associated Press Photo


Category: Monsters/Floods/

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