Residents sifted through the
debris in Iowa Monday (Conus)

                 Iowa Gov. Thomas Vilsack declared a disaster
                 emergency Monday for three counties hit by
                 Sunday's round of severe weather across the
                 state, in which tornadoes left two people dead
                 and 16 injured.

                 Vilsack declared emergencies in northeast
                 Iowa's Buchanan, Clayton and Fayette
                 counties, making state resources available to
                 aid in the cleanup of debris and in response
                 efforts.

                 The governor made the announcement just before setting off Monday to visit
                 Harrison County in the western part of the state, where tornadoes killed two
                 people Sunday afternoon.

                 Heavy rains in the northeastern part of the state Sunday and early Monday led
                 to severe flooding in several areas. City streets in downtown Dubuque were
                 awash in 5 to 6 feet of water Monday morning, which caused major road
                 damage and flooded the basements of dozens of area homes.

                 In Clayton County, flooding forced local authorities had to evacuate residents
                 in five cities, the state Emergency Management Division said Monday.

                 Tornadoes touched down near Logan, Iowa, around 4 p.m. CDT Sunday, said
                 Harrison County Emergency Management Coordinator Jim Unruh. Six homes
                 were destroyed and several others were damaged.

                 Nearby counties also felt the storms' wrath. Twisters swept through Crawford
                 County, which borders the northeast corner of Harrison County, destroying
                 one home and damaging 10 farm houses.

                 Sunday's storms also dropped heavy rain and golf-ball-size hail in many areas
                 near Logan, which lies about 30 miles northeast of Omaha, Neb.

                 "We've had a lot of rain, a lot of hail damage and a lot of trees down," said
                 Marilyn Schroeder, director of emergency services for the American Red
                 Cross in nearby Pottawattamie County.

                 Red Cross damage assessment teams were in Logan Monday to assist in the
                 cleanup, she said.

                 The storms were part of a round of severe weather that left wind and hail
                 damage from West Texas north into Iowa and Illinois, and which spawned
                 tornadoes in Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa.

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