Residents in Hamburg, Iowa are keeping their fingers crossed as floodwaters from the Missouri River continue to rise.  The emergency levee constructed over the last week appears to be holding up.

Brittney Christian is a photographer who lives in Hamburg, and is the proprietor of the Photos By Britt studio there.

She tells us by Friday there was some seepage inside the levee, but so far the water has been clear. That’s a good sign, according to the Army Corps of Engineers, which is monitoring the levee looking for “dirty water,” a sign that the levee is compromised.

Brittney graciously sent us this series of photographs that show the daily progress of water moving toward Hamburg.  The first picture was taken June 12.  Each subsequent photograph shows one days progress of both the flood and the construction of the levee.

Contact her online at www.photosbybrittstudio.com or at (712) 382-0219.