The Nation - News from July 2, 1986
Midwestern rivers swollen by persistent rain prompted evacuations in southeastern Nebraska, while flood-weary residents of central Iowa built a dike to keep the Raccoon River in check. The 750 residents of DeWitt, Neb., were told to leave their homes as water levels on three rivers kept rising. Eight people trapped by water near DeWitt were rescued by helicopter. In West Des Moines, city crews and nearly 100 volunteers struggled to complete a half-mile-long dike to hold back the Raccoon.
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