Flooding swells across Alexander County as Mississippi surges
Residents in McClure Olive Branch Thebes and Miller City brace as floodwaters rise toward Illinois nearly a foot deep in places. Foodtown and other supplies are sandbagged while volunteers stack barriers and collect donations. Water outages and broken lines strain services as crews pump in bottled water and residents improvise sanitation amid high river levels.
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Missouri speaker sparks anger over Cairo levee plan
Video shows Missouri House Speaker Tilley questioned about a U S Army Corps plan to blow a gap in the Birds Point levee to ease Mississippi flooding at Cairo Illinois Officials and residents voiced outrage at the remarks at a Cape Girardeau hearing where federal judges consider halting the plan Cairo Mayor Judson Childs and ex mayor James Wilson attended alongside lawmakers who condemned Tilleys comments U S Rep Jerry Costello and state Senator Gary Forby urged restraint and accountability later Tilley apologized in a posted video and issued a written regretful statement authenticating his remorse for the remarks.
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