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More rain causes new flood worries along the Mississippi

By JIM SALTER
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A wall of
rocks and sandbags on
Monday protected sce-
nic Clarksville, Missouri,
from the surging Mississippi
River as spring flooding
swamped fields, threat-
ened homes and tempo-
rarily shut down a bridge
connecting Missouri and
Illinois.
Heavy rain over much of
the Midwest on Saturday
caused another spike in
water levels along the river
and its tributaries, espe-
cially in Iowa, Missouri and
Illinois.
So far, Mississippi River
flood damage is far less se-
vere than March flooding
along the Missouri River in
Nebraska, southwest Iowa
and northwest Missouri,
where hundreds of homes
were damaged. Still, sev-
eral Mississippi River com-
munities were battling to
stay dry. In this March 18, 2019 file photo released by the U.S. Air Force, environmental restoration employees deploy a containment boom
Clarksville, a 440-resident from a boat on Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, as a precautionary measure for possible fuel leaks in the flooded area.
community 90 miles (145 ki- Associated Press
lometers) north of St. Louis the Mississippi, unprotected As they’ve done so many a 6-foot layer of rocks as stage, making it the sev-
is known for its antique by a levee largely because times before, Clarksville the base, with sandbags on enth-worst recorded flood
shops and artist galleries town leadership doesn’t residents and other volun- top of the rocks. in Clarksville.
operating out of 19th cen- want to obstruct the view teers built a makeshift wall The river was expected to
tury brick storefronts. of the river, and has been around downtown, though crest Monday about 9 feet
The town sits square along through many floods. this time, they started with (2.7 meters) above flood Continued on Page 3