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Flooding forces Missouri town evacuation, rain pounds region

  • Date: Jun 21 2011 Time: 19:58
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    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. NOTE - multiple news sources links