Flooding of the waterfront area of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington,_Iowa" class="extiw" title="w:Burlington, Iowa">Burlington, Iowa</a> after temporary flood barriers failed the preceding afternoon, as seen from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_34" class="extiw" title="w:US 34">US 34</a> on the west approach to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_River_Bridge" class="extiw" title="w:Great River Bridge">Great River Bridge</a>.  The sand-filled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesco_Barrier" class="extiw" title="w:Hesco Barrier">Hesco Barriers</a> in the foreground are stacked 2 levels high except at the uphill end near the lower center of the photo; the point of failure was to the south, in the far distance from this vantage point.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Douglas_W._Jones" title="User:Douglas W. Jones">Douglas W. Jones</a>
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