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ST. LOUIS 鈥?A rare winter flood threatened nearly two dozen federal levees in Missouri and stanley website Illinois on Wednesday as rivers rose, prompting evacuations in several places.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has deemed 19 levees highly vulnerable to flooding; by midday, those levees, all under close scrutiny, were holding up.But people were moving out just in case, including the St. Louis suburb of Valley Park, where Mayor Michael Pennise ordered mandatory evacuations for 350 to 400 ho stanley ca mes and stanley termos dozens of businesses in the section of town near the fast-rising Meramec River.Swollen rivers and streams have been pushed to heights not seen since the massive 1993 floods in some places. At least 20 deaths over several days in Missouri and Illinois were blamed on flooding, mostly involving vehicles that drove onto swamped roadways, and at least two people were still missing Wednesday.And search teams went out for a third day in hopes of finding a country music singer from Arkansas who disappeared while duck hunting in a flooded area in northern Oklahoma. The floodwaters there also destroyed a leftover film set used in the 2003 remake of Where the Red Fern Grows. Some parts of interstates in Missouri reopened Wednesday, while others 鈥?including Interstate 44 near Valley Park 鈥?were still covered by water. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has activated the National Guard to assist with security in evacuated areas and to help keep road closure sites clear.Valley Park City Attorney Tim Engelmeyer called |
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