Missouri River sections closed, waters keep rising

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/09/us-usa-flooding-plains-idUSTRE75748J20110609

By David Bailey
MINNEAPOLIS | Wed Jun 8, 2011 9:15pm EDT
(Reuters) - With the heaviest flooding yet to come, officials closed 260 miles of the Missouri River to boaters and residents from Iowa through Nebraska and Missouri were sandbagging on Wednesday to hold back the waters.

"It's going to happen, we know it's going to happen," said Pam Todd, who was fielding calls while Parkville, Missouri, city officials toured levees.

"Everyone remembers 1993 and so many volunteers have come out. Every entity you can think of is helping us," she said.

The outlook may have worsened as well with up to 5 inches of rain falling in Montana since Monday, increasing flooding on Missouri River tributaries and adding to stress on the system stretched by heavy May rains and a melting deep snowpack.

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