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"Flooding threat eases along Missouri" - 5/14/2007 3:13:10 AM

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"Flooding threat eases along Missouri"

By KELLY WIESE, Associated Press Writer
Sat May 12, 9:14 PM ET

" JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri River neared its highest point in the state's capital city Saturday after a week of flooding towns upstream, but hydrologists said it wasn't nearly as bad as feared.

The river reached about 29 feet Saturday morning, some 6 feet above flood stage. That was high enough to flood stretches of the riverside Katy Trail hiking and biking route and some low-lying roads, plus nearly 1,400 acres of farmland.

However, it was short of the predicted 34-foot peak, which could have wiped out many farmers' crops for the year and inundated the Jefferson City Airport.

In north-central Missouri, Chariton County's emergency coordinator reported a major break in a Missouri River levee Friday near Triplett.

The coordinator, Brad Morrison, said up to a 100-foot section of levee blew out and people were sandbagging the gap through the night and on Saturday. About 3,000 acres of farmland was flooded, but no one was hurt, and there aren't many homes in the region, state officials said. "

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070513/ap_on_re_us/missouri_flooding_17

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