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Flash flooding
4:49 pm
Sun June 26, 2011

Torrential rain collapses sewer line, leads to condemnations

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A collapsed 10 foot by 15 foot sewer line did serious damage to eastbound Interstate 70 at Shreve.
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Mayor Francis Slay (right) and human services director Bill Siedhoff (red cap) speak with residents on Dryden Ct. who were affected by flash flooding. The sign says the house has been condemned.
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Water filled Annie Anderson's basement in the space of an hour. The debris line marks the crest of the sewer back-up.
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The water rose calf-deep in Annie Anderson's living room before receding.
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The flash flooding, driven by torrential downpours, covered the wood floors of Annie Anderson's home with mud and swamped her son's bedroom.
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Annie Anderson's son laid his flood-swamped shoes out to dry along the wall of their home.
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The force of the water dragged the yard waste container from the alley into Annie Anderson's side yard.
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Updated 9:30 p.m. with additional lane closures:

The Missouri Department of Transportation now says they will have to close the two right lanes of eastbound Interstate 70 at Shreve during Monday morning rush  hour to repair a collapsed sewer line. That will leave one lane open between Shreve and West Florissant. MoDOT officials are strongly urging people to avoid the area.

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Fri June 3, 2011

Morning headlines: Friday, June 3, 2011

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PIERRE, S.D. – A contractor packs down mud to strengthen the levee and a berm of sandbags line local residential and businesses to help contain the rising Missouri River in Pierre, June 1, 2011.
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Flooding in Mo. Imminent According to Gov. Nixon

Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri is gearing up for imminent and "unprecedented" flooding along the Missouri River.

Nixon said Thursday in St. Joseph that Missourians will face flooding soon along the Missouri River because of rising water levels in the river basin in the northern Plains. He says people with property and businesses in the floodplain should prepare for "unprecedented high water levels."

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