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Flooding
Topic Started: May 9 2007, 01:00 PM (120 Views)
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Evacuations, Sandbagging in Effect
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, Associated Press Writer
1 hour ago

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Flood water topped at least 20 levees protecting low-lying communities along the Missouri River and other nearby streams, authorities said Wednesday.

Stretches of highway have been closed and thousands of people have been evacuated because of flooding caused by a large weekend storm system that also devastated Greensburg, Kan., with a deadly tornado.

"It's a major flood," said National Weather Service meteorologist Suzanne Fortin. "It won't be a record breaker, but it will be in the top three."

Missouri Highway Patrol troopers were working 24-hour shifts near the village of Big Lake, which was inundated after nine levee breaks, said Lt. John Hotz.

Two levees were topped by high water during the night, authorities said. In Levacy, water from the Missouri River had started to encroach on the town and evacuations were under way Wednesday, Fortin said.

Big Lake, on the Missouri River about 95 miles northwest of Kansas City, was inundated Tuesday.

"The town is a loss. At this time, we don't know, but it looks like that's what's going to happen," Mark Sitherwood, presiding commissioner of Holt County, said Tuesday.

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt declared a state of emergency and mobilized National Guard troops to help. At least 19 Kansas counties declared local disaster emergencies.

more - http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index...cvqh=itn_levees
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