Fri, 20:54 27 Jun 2008 GMT17

 
Residents of Canton, Missouri, help to sandbag the levee on the north side of town along the Mississippi River
18 Jun 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Residents of Canton, Missouri, help to sandbag the levee on the north side of town along the Mississippi River June 17, 2008. Volunteers piled sandbags on strained levees in Iowa holding back the surging Mississippi River on Tuesday as the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years ruined cropland and continued to drive up world food prices. REUTERS/Frank Polich (UNITED STATES)
REUTERS/FRANK POLICH, STR


AlertNet news is provided by

Related articles

Breaking stories
US Midwest levee breaks, corn price at new high

Africa GUINEA: Food prices some of highest in region

AlertNet insight
Americas MEDIAWATCH: Food summit thwarts hope

Aid agency news feed
Red Cross provides food relief in Somalia crisis

Blogs
Asia Damming for development: Lessons from Laos

Maps
Africa MAP: Weather hazards impacts assessment for Africa ( June 19 -25,2008)


Country information


Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-06-26T034110Z_01_STG25_RTRIDSP_2_CHILE-VOLCANO-CHAITEN_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/STG25.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-06-26T034038Z_01_PEK03_RTRIDSP_2_HONGKONG-FENGSHEN_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/PEK03.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-06-26T022843Z_01_STG23_RTRIDSP_2_CHILE-VOLCANO-CHAITEN_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/STG23.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-06-26T022738Z_01_STG24_RTRIDSP_2_CHILE-VOLCANO-CHAITEN_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/STG24.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-06-26T022557Z_01_STG14_RTRIDSP_2_CHILE-VOLCANO-CHAITEN_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/STG14.htm

A man leaves from a window of his flooded house in the uninhabited and flooded town in southern Chile June 25, 2008. Chaiten residents returned to the town for the first ...




URL: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/pictures/CAN02.htm

For our full disclaimer and copyright information please visit http://www.alertnet.org