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Midwest Floods Turn Deadly
Weather.com – 4/20/13
London Mills Assistant Fire Chief Scott Butler, left, and volunteer Shawn Taylor go house to house checking on flooded residents Friday, April 19, 2013, in London Mills, Ill., after the Spoon River overflowed the levee.(AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky)
Flooding in the Midwest has turned fatal, with at least two deaths blamed on flash flooding and a third suspected. States of emergency were declared in half a dozen states, residents were evacuated and roads were closed in the affected areas.
On Saturday, more than 50 river/stream gauges were in major flood in parts of Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan.
Video and more: Weather.com.
2013-04-21 05:30:14
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