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More evacuations as floodwaters head downstream
ST. LOUIS – Residents in parts of southwestern Iowa were forced out of their homes Sunday as a torrent of Missouri River water flowed over and through levees, putting them in a situation similar to hundreds of people in neighboring Nebraska who have been displaced by the late-winter flood. Heavy rainfall and snowmelt have led to dangerously high water in creeks and rivers across several Midwestern states, with the Missouri River hitting record-high levels in many areas.
More evacuations as floodwaters head downstream
ST. LOUIS – Residents in parts of southwestern Iowa were forced out of their homes Sunday as a torrent of Missouri River water flowed over and through levees, putting them in a situation similar to hundreds of people in neighboring Nebraska who have been displaced by the late-winter flood. Heavy rainfall and snowmelt have led to dangerously high water in creeks and rivers across several Midwestern states, with the Missouri River hitting record-high levels in many areas.
More evacuations as floodwaters head downstream
ST. LOUIS – Residents in parts of southwestern Iowa were forced out of their homes Sunday as a torrent of Missouri River water flowed over and through levees, putting them in a situation similar to hundreds of people in neighboring Nebraska who have been displaced by the late-winter flood. Heavy rainfall and snowmelt have led to dangerously high water in creeks and rivers across several Midwestern states, with the Missouri River hitting record-high levels in many areas.
Missourians want action over too-high Illinois levee
Crews check out the 54-mile Sny Levee that protects 125,000 acres of prime farmland as the Mississippi River continues to rise June 19, 2008, south of Quincy. ST. LOUIS – Missouri landowners and environmentalists are urging a federal agency to sanction a levee district on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, arguing that the earthen barrier has been built above its authorized height, worsening flooding for its neighbors.
Missourians want action over too-high Illinois levee
ST. LOUIS – Missouri landowners and environmentalists are urging a federal agency to sanction a levee district on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, arguing that the earthen barrier has been built above its authorized height, worsening flooding for its neighbors.
Historic 1920s Delta Queen riverboat can cruise again
John Rawlston – Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP file Caption The Delta Queen riverboat is moored Sept. 25, 2013, at Coolidge Park on in downtown Chattanooga, Tenn. President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday that will allow the historic 1920s Delta Queen to cruise the nation's rivers after a 10-year layoff. ST. LOUIS – After a decade in dock, the historic 1920s-era Delta Queen riverboat will cruise again.
Historic 1920s Delta Queen riverboat can cruise again
ST. LOUIS – After a decade in dock, the historic 1920s-era Delta Queen riverboat will cruise again. President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday authorizing the 285-foot-long riverboat immortalized in poems and songs to cruise again along the Mississippi and several other rivers. The Delta Queen was sidelined in 2008 by a federal law prohibiting overnight excursions on wooden vessels.
Gov. spends millions to guard Confederate cemeteries
ALTON – After last year’s deadly clash between white nationalists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, the federal government quietly spent millions of dollars to hire private security guards to stand watch over at least eight Confederate cemeteries, documents from the Department of Veterans Affairs show.
Gov. spends millions to guard Confederate cemeteries
ALTON – After last year’s deadly clash between white nationalists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, the federal government quietly spent millions of dollars to hire private security guards to stand watch over at least eight Confederate cemeteries, documents from the Department of Veterans Affairs show.
Drought takes toll on Missouri farmers' crops, cattle
ST. LOUIS – Parts of Missouri are so dry that corn crops are suffering and hay for cattle is in short supply, with water becoming increasingly scarce, experts say. Missouri has had below-average rainfall since winter. The U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that nearly all of Missouri is experiencing drought, with several counties in the northwestern part of the state facing “exceptional” conditions – the most dire classification assigned by the monitor.
Drought takes toll on Missouri farmers' crops, cattle
ST. LOUIS – Parts of Missouri are so dry that corn crops are suffering and hay for cattle is in short supply, with water becoming increasingly scarce, experts say. Missouri has had below-average rainfall since winter. The U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that nearly all of Missouri is experiencing drought, with several counties in the northwestern part of the state facing “exceptional” conditions – the most dire classification assigned by the monitor.
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