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Flooding forces Missouri town evacuation, rain pounds region

19:58 Jun 21 2011 Craig, MO

  Travel & Transport   Evacuations

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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
News Source Link
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/21/us-flooding-plains-idUSTRE75K4YI20110621
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/21/us-flooding-northdakota-idUSTRE75K5YJ20110621
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/21/us-flooding-plains-evacuation-idUSTRE75K31320110621
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/21/north.dakota.flooding/index.html
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Residents-of-Craig-given-48-hours-to-evacuate-1433854.php


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