HEADLINE: Floods have America's heartland on edge CAPTION: Water has seeped through a second levee built to protect the southwest Iowa town of Hamburg from flooding from the Missouri River. The levee is on the southern edge of town and public works crews were working in the area Friday afternoon. (June 17) THIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT-25 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA NEBRASKA IS SURROUNDED BY MISSOURI RIVER FLOODWATERS. ACCORDING TO THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION THE FORT CALHOUN REACTOR IS IN A SAFE COLD SHUTDOWN AND CAN REMAIN SO UNTIL FLOODWATERS HAVE RECEDED-WHICH MAY BE LATE FALL OF THIS YEAR. IN OMAHA, RESIDENT VOLUNTEERS ARE CONTINUING THE SANDBAGGING EFFORT AS THE MISSOURI RIVER KEEPS RISING MEANWHILE "A FAMILIAR SITE OF INTERSTAE 29 THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONTINUING TO SET UP ROAD BLOCKS AND SHUT EXITS UPA ND DOWN THIS STRETCH OF ABOUT 30 MILES THAT IS CURRENTLY CLOSED IN HAMBURG, IOWA THE 3 MILE MAKE-SHIFT BARRIER IS HOLDING AS MISSOURI RIVER WATERS KEEP PUSHING AGAINST THE EARTHEN LEVEE-IF IT FAILS THE TOWN OF 1200 PEOPLE COULD SEE 10 FEET OF WATER THAT WILL LIKELY SIT FOR MONTHS TO COME. TO THE NORTH-AT GAVINS POINT DAM IN SOUTH DAKOTA THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS PUSHING RECORD AMOUNTS OF WATER TO GET RID OF THE HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL LAST MONTH UPSTREAM IN EASTERN MONTANA AND WYOMING AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA. BUT BECAUSE OF THAT THE MISSOURI RIVER CONTINUES TO SPREAD WATER INTO FERTILE FARM LANDS-SWAMPING THEM AND CREATING DISASTER FOR FARMERS-SEVERE CORN SHORTAGES ARE EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING. ROBERT RAY, ASSOCIATED PRESS, OMAHA, NEBRASKA You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9ea9ef8b60e033eeb34030b857e6889b Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork