Cedar Rapids, Iowa, braces for flooding as river expected to crest

(Reuters) - Emergency crews have erected nearly 10 miles (16 km) of temporary flood barricades and laid a quarter-million sandbags in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as residents braced on Monday for what could be the second-largest flood in the city's history, officials said.

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