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Local officials say 1993 flood levels are expected
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Iowa River surpasses flood stage of 22 feet
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Local officials say 500-year flood expected.
Cedar River predicted crest: 20 feet in Cedar Rapids. -
City braces for flood by sandbagging, building dirt levees.
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Police and volunteer citizens go door-to-door to assist with evacuations.
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Cedar River predicted to crest at 24.7 feet.
River crest forecast gauge fails.
Downtown bridges close in the evening. -
Heavy rains produce flash floods.
Predicted crest: 32 feet.
8,000 citizens evacuated, including Quaker Oats, Cedar Rapids Police station and all of downtown. -
Volunteers sandbag and save the city's last water well.
May's Island, downtown, and neighborhoods inundated.
Thousands without power (including all of downtown) -
Floodwaters peaked at 31.12 feet, setting a record high and overcoming the previous record of 20.00 ft set on March 18, 1929.
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River crests 20 feet above flood stage.
10,000 evacuated (including Mercy Medical Center)
Water use limited to drinking only.
Interstate 380 closed at Iowa River bridge.
U.S. Coast Guard arrives. -
Linn and Johnson counties declared federal disaster areas.
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Strike teams begin entering flooded neighborhoods to determine saftey.
Tempers flare when residents are denied entry to their neighborhoods. -
River falls to 24.3 feet -- still higher than any previous flood level.
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At 3:00pm, Corridor Recovery (via <a href ="/default.asp" target="_blank">www.corridorrecovery.org</a>) was officially launched with an announcement at the daily press conference by Mayor, Kay Halloran. Corridor Recovery is a not-for-profit partnership between government, civic, business and faith-based organizations, created to respond to the Flood of 2008. As the flood waters peaked, Corridor Recovery quickly became the primary resource for materials and information for the local area.
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City Hall moves to an Aegon-owned building.
The city and county offices go to Westdale Mall.
The courts are moved to Kirkwood College. -
Interstate 380 reopens to allow access to and from Iowa City.
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Four downtown bridges reopen.
City council sets up contractor certification system.
Pleas for buyouts begin. -
Floodwaters receed revealing mud-covered neighborhoods and ruined shells that citizens called home.
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The President visits the Cedar Rapids Emergency Operations Center.
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Water restrictions are lifted except for industry corporations.
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River level drops to 12 feet for the first time since June 2.
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City says that 2,000 homes are likely to be razed.
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Power to the downtown area begins to be restored.
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President Bush signs $2.6 billion aid package for Midwest disasters.
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The first FEMA mobile homes arrive in Cedar Rapids for temporary housing.
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Mercy Medica Center announces operations are fully restored after flood.
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The city cautions homeowners not to count on FEMA buyouts.
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Red Cross closes on emergency shelter; local agencies take control of the other shelter.
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The Cedar Rapids City Council contributes $3 million to the Job and Small Business Recovery Fund.
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Cedar Rapids holds the first of three open houses on flood control plan.
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Cedar Rapids school headquarters reopen in mobile homes at Kingson Stadium.
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The school year starts in Cedar Rapids with students from the flooded Taylor school moved to other schools.
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A list of 739 homeowners requesting buyouts from the city is submitted.
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The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, tours Iowa disaster sites, including Cedar Rapids.
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Governor Chet Culver announces $40 million in state Jumpstart funds for tornado and flood victims.
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Norwoo Souvenir announces it will close the century-old plant at 202 F Ave. NW, Cedar Rapids.
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District courts partially return to Linn County Courthouse on May's Island.
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$85 million, first of two rounds of block grant funding, released to Iowa.
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The Cedar Rapids City Council commits to buying out flood-damaged properties between the river and proposed levees.
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FEMA closes the last of the disaster recovery centers in Iowa.
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Over 1,400 volunteers with Eight Days of Hope rehab 140 homes in Cedar Rapids and Palo during a weeklong stay.
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The first of 71 city-designated home demolition takes place at 1229 Fourth Street SE, Cedar Rapids.
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Swiss Valley Farms announces the closure of its 88-year-old plant at 133 F Ave. NW, Cedar Rapids.
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The Cedar Rapids downtown library announces the temporary move to Westdale Mall (to move in January 2009)
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The Cedar Rapids City Council adopts the flood protection plan and sends it to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
