Flood damage

President Harry S. Truman (right) gestures out the window of his plane, surrounded by three unidentified men, during an aerial tour of areas effected by flooding of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.

President Harry S. Truman uses binoculars to look out the window of his airplane. The three other men in the picture are unidentified. This photo was taken during an aerial tour of areas effected by the flooding of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.

Grain storage bins and storage sheds near Blencoe, Iowa are completely surrounded by muddy water from the flooding of the Missouri River.

Flood water from the Missouri River reaches near the top of a levee in Omaha, Nebraska. Behind the levee is the American Smelting and Refining Company building, well below the present water level.

Flood damage to the Sherwood-McElroy Lumber Company in Iowa due to flooding of the Missouri River.

Part of the railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burling and Quincy Railroad tracks have washed out, washing gravel and sand onto Quentin Parkinson's land. His land is near the Missouri River, along the Iowa-Nebraska state line.

Damage to machinery and machine shed or garage on the farm of Clem Woods farm. The farm is about a quarter-mile south of a dike break on Plum Creek, Iowa, caused by flooding of the Missouri River.

A bridge on Highway 2 near Iowa Bluffs was washed out and damaged by flooding of the Missouri River. Men standing on the bridge are unidentified.

Sand covers farm land just south of Highway 2, west of Hamburg, Iowa, caused by flooding of the Missouri River.

Damage to a barn on the farm of Clem Woods can be seen in this photo. The Woods farm is about a quarter-mile south of a dike break at Plum Creek, which broke during flooding of the Missouri River.