JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The flooding Missouri and Mississippi rivers were testing sandbag fortifications Wednesday as surging waters making their way downstream rose to some of their highest levels in more than two decades in parts of Missouri. Dozens of downstream Missouri River agricultural levees already have been overtopped or breached. When Missouri last experienced significant flooding in 2017, the National Flood Insurance Program paid more than $75 million to 1,382 Missouri property owners. More than 700 miles (1126.49 kilometres) of the Missouri, Mississippi and Illinois rivers are closed to navigation across the nation’s midsection.

Source: thestar June 05, 2019 21:33 UTC