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 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Floodwaters rose still higher across northwest and central Missouri Thursday, leading nervous residents to remove valuables from their homes and fill sandbags to protect river communities.
Near-record flooding that inundated the village of Big Lake earlier this week broke more levees Thursday, and water levels were expected to peak in some spots this weekend. In other areas, however, the danger appeared to be passing.
The Missouri River had dropped a few inches Thursday near Craig, where inmates from a St. Joseph prison and National Guard members spent Wednesday sandbagging, trying to protect the water treatment plant, schools and an ethanol plant.
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