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Andrew Sherburne, flooded out of his Iowa City house last week, might like a do-over.

He spent six days, 10 hours a day, helping to build a mile-long sandbag levee at his neighborhood near the Iowa River.

The levee was 6 feet high in some places, but it still wasn't enough to keep the swollen river from sweeping into his home June 12, ruining couches, beds and other things he didn't have time to save. Read full article »

CNN's Jason Hanna and Taylor Gandossy contributed to this report.

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