Breadcrumb Home How the University of Iowa Recovered From the ‘Unfathomable’ Flood That Ruined It Friday, May 10, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/climate/iowa-floods-disasters-lessons-learne… The story of the University of Iowa’s effort to restore its campus after the 2008 flood shows how hard it is to come back from a disaster, even with the university’s myriad resources.