Crews working to finish fixing levees busted in last year’s deluge are getting some help from the weather. “Between the flows in the river today and the conditions in our reservoirs, we are in much better shape than we were ...

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With flood concerns already high in the Midwest, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is warning that many levees on the Missouri and Kansas rivers that were damaged during devastating floods last spring remain vulnerable to high water. The National ...

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The Rhinelanders knew how to handle floods. When the water rose, they just moved everything up. “All our furniture would go up on the dining room table and upstairs,” Betty Gosen-Gerber, a former Rhineland resident, said. “And then we had ...

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Missouri senators passed legislation last week limiting tax breaks for future developments in flood plains and giving school districts new powers to prevent their tax revenues from being diverted to developers. The legislation revamping the state’s “tax increment financing” laws ...

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Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri are joining forces for a study that will look for ways the states can limit flooding along the Missouri River and give them information about how wetter weather patterns could require changes in the way ...

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Missouri’s levees need to be strengthened and repaired, especially in rural areas hit hard by prolonged flooding in 2019, according to an advisory group appointed by Gov. Mike Parson. St. Louis Public Radio reported that the Flood Recovery Advisory Working ...

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Dozens of sinkholes, some up to 12 feet deep, are dotting the landscape in the small southeastern Missouri city of Caruthersville, forcing road detours, swallowing sections of people’s yards and leaving city leaders scrambling to make repairs. Months of flooding ...

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The amount of water being released into the lower Missouri River is being reduced ahead of winter, so flooded areas along the river will get some relief. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the amount of water being released ...

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Tammy Kilgore raised the giant claw of a John Deere excavator high in the air, and then slammed it down on the roof the house where she had spent nearly her entire adult life. The shingles crunched, but not much ...

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday that six additional counties affected by flooding and severe storms are now eligible for federal assistance, according to a news release. Those counties are: Callaway, Jefferson, Lewis, McDonald, Newton and Saline. The release stated Federal Emergency Management Agency officials ...

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