Worst seen over for Midwest floods, cleanup starts

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A resident removes items from his flooded home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 20, 2008. Water treatment plants in flood-stricken communities in Iowa and Illinois, a few of which were knocked out by overflowing rivers and streams this month, are back to normal, officials said on Friday. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

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