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Flooding forces Missouri town evacuation, rain pounds region
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Date:
Jun 21 2011 Time:
19:58
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Description:
Evacuation coverage: Minot, ND & Craig, MO - ~12,000 and 300 people respectively.
By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, MO (Reuters) - Some 300 residents of a northwest Missouri town were under orders to evacuate because of two breaches in Missouri River levees and expectations that water will top secondary barriers, officials said.
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