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Evacuations ordered in Columbus Junction, Fredonia

By Becky Ogann

Story Created: Jun 14, 2008 at 5:03 PM CDT

Story Updated: Jun 14, 2008 at 5:03 PM CDT

COLUMBUS JUNCTION (AP) - Authorities have ordered evacuations in Fredonia and parts of Columbus Junction and Columbus City as big water heads down the Iowa and Cedar rivers.

The rivers merge just north of the towns, which have sandbagged heavily. But Iowa Homeland Security spokesman Bret Voorhees says the evacuations were ordered this morning because the water is projected to be higher than earlier thought.

All of Fredonia's roughly 250 people have been ordered out. A shelter has been set up northeast of town at Louisa Muscatine Middle School.

The evacuation in Columbus Junction and Columbus City is along the levee and low-lying areas downtown.

A water treatment plant in the area has been shut down as a precaution. Voorhees says authorities are working to make sure there's enough drinking water for the towns.

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