Ames Iowa Flooding

As reported earlier, there are many road closures in Iowa as a result of the flooding. Thousands of Ames residents were awakened about 5 a.m. today by "Code Red Alert" phone calls warning of the potential for unprecedented flooding throughout the city, according to demoinregister.com .

Residents in lower lying areas receive automated phone alerts as soon as water level are rising. Two churches, the First Christian Church and St. Cecelia's Catholic Church have already opened shelters. The shelters are already filled with residents that had to evacuate their homes.

The whole scene seems to be very much under control by official. Since Tuesday there is already an emergency operations center open to help coordinate the flood response.

American Red Cross said its opening shelters to help those affected by the flooding Wednesday.

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Here are Photos of the Ames Flooding

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="179" caption="Wow. Look at Ames. So lucky I got out of there last night and good thing that's not near my apartment. God is good to me."][/caption]	[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="179" caption="Ames is the new water world."][/caption]	[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="179" caption="And this is the "hardly" flooded side. Other is much worse. But this isn't even the half of what Ames looks like. "][/caption]
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="179" caption="Cameron School Road north of Ames"][/caption]	[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="179" caption="Target in Ames is now lakeside."][/caption]	[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="179" caption="Practice field and stadium parking lot is completely flooded. The whole town of Ames is under water. I feel like I'm in New Orleans"][/caption]