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[STORMREPORTS] Missouri Floods Wednesday

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Thu May 09 2002 - 05:12:32 EDT

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020509/ap_on_re_us/flooding_1

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Heavy rain in southern Missouri pushed rivers and creeks
beyond their banks, producing flash floods that swept a teen-ager to her
death Wednesday.

Heavy rain also swelled creeks and rivers in central Illinois. Officials
were stacking sand bags Wednesday to protect the Riverton utility plant
from the rising Sangamon River. More rain was forecast.

Farther east, National Guard troops aided cleanup of mud and debris left by
recent widespread flooding in the central Appalachians.

Since last week, nine deaths have been blamed on flooding in West Virginia;
four people are missing. Two people were killed in Virginia and one man was
missing and presumed drowned in Kentucky. 

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