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Midwest flooding in US
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-06-30 10:41

The topsoil of a corn field is washed away near Cambridge, Iowa, June 27, 2008. Levees on the cresting Mississippi River held on Sunday as the worst US Midwest flooding in 15 years began to ebb, but multibillion-dollar crop losses may boost world food prices for years. Picture taken June 27. [Agencies]