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Flood cleanup continues after Southeast Kansas floods
In Independence, Osawatomie and Coffeyville residents clean debris and recover from a major flood that spawned a 71,000 gallon crude oil spill. Federal aid discussions with FEMA address the disaster alongside Texas and Oklahoma relief efforts as lives and businesses struggle to restart.
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Kansas
Jerry Shanks
Independence
Shanks Oil Co
Shanks
Osawatomie
Coffeyville
Greensburg
U.S
Sam Brownback
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Texas
Oklahoma
Brownback
Ballfield
The
Humane Society of the
United States
Kathy Covey
John Dgrodoik