| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:dam 
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                                | gptkbp:affectedArea | gptkb:Illinois gptkb:Indiana
 gptkb:Iowa
 gptkb:Kansas
 gptkb:Michigan
 gptkb:Minnesota
 gptkb:Missouri
 gptkb:Nebraska
 gptkb:South_Dakota
 gptkb:Wisconsin
 
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                                | gptkbp:casualties | 24 
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                                | gptkbp:cause | heavy rainfall snowmelt
 
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                                | gptkbp:displacedPeople | thousands 
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                                | gptkbp:emergencyDeclared | gptkb:President_George_W._Bush 
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                                | gptkbp:endDate | August 2008 
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                                | gptkbp:FEMAInvolvement | yes 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Midwestern_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:mediaCoverage | international national
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableBuilding | gptkb:Des_Moines_River gptkb:Illinois_River
 gptkb:Mississippi_River
 gptkb:Cedar_River
 gptkb:Rock_River
 gptkb:Wisconsin_River
 gptkb:Wapsipinicon_River
 bridges
 roads
 businesses
 homes
 levees
 farmland
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableCity | gptkb:Iowa_City,_Iowa gptkb:Des_Moines,_Iowa
 gptkb:Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | record river crests levee breaches
 Cedar Rapids flood evacuation
 Des Moines water treatment plant threatened
 Iowa City University of Iowa campus flooding
 
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                                | gptkbp:propertyDamage | billions of US dollars 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | June 2008 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:2008_Cedar_Rapids_flood gptkb:2008_Iowa_flood
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | 2008 Midwest floods 
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