page_title: June 2008 Midwest floods
section_title: Minnesota
hierarchical_section_title: June 2008 Midwest floods / Minnesota
caption_attribution_description: Adapted from Wikipedia's MN county maps by Catbar.
context_page_description: The June 2008 Midwestern United States floods were flooding events which affected portions of the Midwestern United States. After months of heavy precipitation, a number of rivers overflowed their banks for several weeks at a time and broke through levees at numerous locations. Flooding continued into July. States affected by the flooding included Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. The American Red Cross assisted the victims of flooding and tornadoes across seven states and the National Guard was mobilized to assist in disaster relief and evacuation.
  Flooding continued as long as two weeks with central Iowa and Cedar Rapids being hardest hit. The upper Mississippi Valley experienced flooding in Missouri and Illinois as the region's estuaries drained the floodwater into the river. The flood left thirteen dead and damage region-wide was estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars.
context_section_description: Approximately 75 homes in Preston, Minnesota suffered water damage from excessive rainfall. The ground  was already saturated from heavy rains from the previous week and this compounded the problems that arose. Some residents were evacuated in Hayfield, Minnesota after the Zumbro River flooded. The Cedar River also flooded which threatened to cause problems in Austin, Minnesota. One man died when his vehicle plunged into a flooded creek near Albert Lea. There were major levees in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids that were breached which forced evacuations and caused extensive damage. The majority of the communities along the Mississippi River from Rock Island, IL to Cape Girardeau, MO were still experiencing major flooding around the end of June.
caption: Southeastern Minnesota has experienced heavier rainfall than other parts of the state in 2008. [38] The city of Rushford had experienced major flooding the year prior in August and the additional water damage was notable from the heavy rainfall.
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