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<p>GABE GREEN/Press Fields near the community of Copeland, Idaho, are now covered in water where there once was hundreds of acres of winter wheat, barley, and canola. Flooding is thought to have been caused by record rains in the month of June.</p>

<p>GABE GREEN/Press Fields near the community of Copeland, Idaho, are now covered in water where there once was hundreds of acres of winter wheat, barley, and canola. Flooding is thought to have been caused by record rains in the month of June.</p>

July 15, 2012

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Flooding from below
July 15, 2012 9:15 p.m.

Flooding from below

Farmers near Bonners Ferry dealing with rare seepage problem

BONNERS FERRY - Way-above-average rainfall in June is going to cost farmers in the Kootenai River valley - located between Bonners Ferry and the U.S.-Canadian border - millions of dollars in lost crops, farmers said Friday.