Des Moines Floods of 2008
6 videos • 89 views • by Media Watch Des Moines, Iowa -- Saylorvile Lake filled to capacity and began spilling over, causing a rise in the Des Moines River, stressing levees. One such barrier at Birdland failed and flooded that neighborhood, which includes North High School, some 200 homes and dozens of businesses. Water surrounded Sec Tayor Field and even crept into the outfield.