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U.S. Midwest reels under severe flooding

OAKVILLE (Iowa): Sandbagging operations continued at a frantic pace in Illinois and Missouri as residents and officials battled to contain the Mississippi River after flooding that has resulted so far in 24 deaths and thousands of evacuations across six states.

President George W. Bush, whose administration came under fire for its handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, planned on Thursday to inspect two of Iowa’s flooded cities, where the water is receding but families and businesses are knee-deep in the disheartening aftermath. The stops in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City are Mr. Bush’s first in the region since heavy rains sent rivers surging over their banks. — AP

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