Thousands evacuated as further floods threaten

MORE than 38,000 residents in 26 Iowa communities were evacuated from their homes yesterday.

Kevin Baskins of the state Emergency Operations Center said most of those — 25,000 — were in Cedar Rapids, and another 5,000 in Iowa City.

Eight people were pulled Sunday from the flooded Des Moines River in Ottumwa after their boat capsized, said police chief Jim Clark.