Frigid floodwaters pushing down the Missouri River left ruins, death and drowned...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Frigid floodwaters pushing down the Missouri River left ruins, death and drowned livestock in their wake across the U.S. Midwest’s farmland, and were expected to crest in northwest Missouri early Friday, with more cities and towns under threat.
Debris-laden river water is expected to rise by between 29 and 31 feet , just two feet below the height of protective levees, officials said, as the waters then head toward Kansas City about 55 miles south and more population centers in Kansas and Missouri downstream. Flooding of the Missouri River was triggered by last week’s so-called “bomb cyclone” storm that has already inflicted damage estimated at nearly $1.5 billion in Nebraska, killed at least four people in Nebraska and Iowa and left a man missing below Nebraska’s collapsed Spencer Dam.[L1N21809A]
The declaration allows state resources and assistance to be provided directly to counties and municipalities in need.
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