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Crest of Flood Passes St. Louis Damages Light
The Mississippi crest moved south from St Louis as levees held with small danger zones remaining. Ninety hundred workers including 500 Scott Air Force Base airmen reinforced critical levees sixty miles south in Perry County. The flood caused power loss for three and a half hours, a baby born during that outage, and extensive damage across eastern Kansas and western Missouri totaling up to a billion dollars. The Wabash bridge at St Charles closed, halting two daily trains, while Cape Girardeau faced rising water. The Mississippi is expected to crest there tomorrow. The article notes Hastings battles history from 1066.
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Army
St. Louis
Scott Air Force Base
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Perry County
Chouteau Island
Illinois
St. Joseph's Hospital
St. Charles
Government Weather Bureau
Midwest
Kansas
Missouri
St. Charles County
Wabash
Cape Girardeau
Mississippi