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Winter flood swamps Missouri and Illinois prompting evacuations
A rare winter flood pushed rivers and streams to record heights forcing mass evacuations and inmate transfers in Illinois. Missouri Governor Nixon activated the National Guard as the Meramec and Mississippi threaten levees and homes. Several highways closed and volunteers piled sandbags to protect a wastewater plant and neighborhoods.
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Missouri
National Guard
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
West Alton
William Richter
Union
McDonald's
Rolla
Jay Nixon
Department of Corrections