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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - Overflowing rivers in Iowa and other Midwest states forced evacuations and disrupted the region's economy on Friday with fears of worse to come from fragile levees and more rain.

A Cedar Rapids hospital was flooded and evacuated its patients after a levee break on the Cedar River turned the downtown area into a shallow lake. Thousands were forced to leave their homes in the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years.

"I don't know how much damage is done," said Latrina Walker, huddled at a shelter with her four children. "I'm just really scared right now."

Floodwaters inundated about 100 city blocks of Cedar Rapids, Iowa's second-largest city with 200,000 residents. Rescuers in boats picked up people who were stranded or had had ignored warnings to leave.

Officials in Des Moines city urged residents living near the rising Des Moines River to evacuate.

"We think that the levels are going to be at or very close to levee height," Mayor Frank Cownie said. "We're working like crazy to protect our property."

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said the damage to his state could cost billions of dollars. Scores of bridges spanning nine overflowing rivers have been swept away or weakened.

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大雨で川が氾濫、過去１５年で中西部で最悪の洪水
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