MSNBC coverage is mostly about Cedar Rapids Iowa and Des Moines, with isolated mention of other areas affected by flooding.

Recent update at Iowa floods force 24,000 from homes

Most recent change in the situation: "In Des Moines, levee rupture allows river to pour into area near downtown." Evacuations of low lying areas in Des Moines were "recommended" yesterday due to concern about the levees.

From the link above:

The Associated Press
updated 1:06 p.m. CT, Sat., June. 14, 2008

DES MOINES, Iowa - Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 24,000 people from their homes, officials said Saturday.
Officials guess it will be four days before the Cedar River drops enough for workers to even begin pumping out water that has submerged more than 400 blocks, threatened the city's drinking supply and forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital.

"We're estimating at least a couple of weeks before the flood levels get down right around flood stage and below," said Dustin Hinrichs of the Linn County emergency operations center.

The Cedar River crested Friday night at nearly 32 feet, 12 feet higher than the old record set in 1929.

A "slide show" in the sidebar at the link gives a pretty good overall look at some of the places flooded, although still pretty much ignoring the Wisconsin, Indiana, and other flood areas. Separate articles have dealt with them; but the other articles haven't been prominent on the news home page.

Headline articles yesterday also reported on the California wildfire "threatening 3500 homes" or something like that, but that article also has dropped out of sight today.

In local news (my area in Kansas) two tornado touchdowns were reported yesterday - one about 6 miles from the house - but neither hit any occupied areas. The river at Winfield KS is about 6 ft or so above flood stage for the second time in two weeks, but it's fairly normal for that to happen once or twice a year. USGS River Report or Real Time Gage for Winfield, for anyone concerned about family there.

John