Mississippi River flooding approaches records set in 1993

摘要

The swollen Mississippi River is straining levees, snarling traffic and forcing people from their homes as thewater level in some places approaches record levels set during devastating flooding in 1993.Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) was touring flooded areas yesterday in the northeast part of the state, wherethere have been around a dozen water rescues. Statewide, nearly 400 roads are closed, including part of U.S.Route 136.Locks and dams upstream of St. Louis are shut down as the Mississippi River crests at the second-highest levelon record in some communities. Midwestern rivers have flooded periodically since March, causing billions ofdollars of damage to farmland, homes and businesses from Oklahoma and Arkansas and up to Michigan.