Floods

President Harry S. Truman points out of the window of his airplane during an aerial tour of areas effected by flooding of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.

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.

This news photo, transmitted by the Associated Press, shows the Missouri River flood waters in the Omaha, Nebraska-Council Bluffs, Iowa area. In the foreground is the Union Pacific Railroad bridge.

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.

This news photo, transmitted by the Associated Press, shows the Missouri River flood waters in the Omaha, Nebraska-Council Bluffs, Iowa area. In the foreground is the Union Pacific Railroad bridge.

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.

A flooded street near Percival, Iowa, showing damage from a flood of the Missouri River. A motorboat can be seen in the lower left corner of the image.