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Black Hawk County There were 2,960 flood parcels

Black Hawk County There were 2,960 flood parcels . Major roadways flooded h indering access to and from flooded areas. Volunteers help avert levee failure near the Western Home in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Removed 7,500 tons of Flood Debris ($1.2 million) in Cedar Falls.

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Black Hawk County There were 2,960 flood parcels

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  1. Black Hawk County There were 2,960 flood parcels

  2. Major roadways flooded hindering access to and from flooded areas

  3. Volunteers help avert levee failure near the Western Home in Cedar Falls, Iowa

  4. Removed 7,500 tons of Flood Debris ($1.2 million) in Cedar Falls

  5. Congressman Bruce Braley in the EOC

  6. Role of the Long Term Recovery Committee To strengthen area-wide disaster coordination in Black Hawk County by sharing information, simplify resident access, and jointly resolving cases with unmet needs. Working with faith based organization to develop damage assessment teams Raises fund to help those with unmet needs Organize volunteers to help with clean up

  7. Property Acquisition reduces future flooding impact. • Over the past 20 years more then five hundred properties have be removed from the flood plane in Black Hawk County • Five years later in Cedar Falls alone, a total of $68 million has been invested in flood recovery • Mitigation Planning is on going

  8. Cedar River Watershed Coalition

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