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Title
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The Road to Nowhere
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Description
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Article discusses the difficulties caused by flooding, especially Interstate 29 that has been covered in water creating lengthy detours and large amounts of traffic to small towns as people travel between Kansas City and Omaha, Nebraska, through Iowa. Problems from the "Great Flood of 2011" are expected to continue for some months.
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Date
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2011-08-29
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Volunteers Fill Holiday Parade
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Description
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Picture of flood waters in Parkville, Missouri, during the annual Fourth of July parade. Some of the usual events had to be relocated due to the flood waters and at least six businesses have temporarily relocated.
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Date
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2011-07-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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20 Years Later, We Dread the Next Flood
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Description
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Article focuses upon remembrance of the flood that impacted the Kansas City area during the summer of 1993. Business and property owners in the affected areas are interviewed and discuss both their recollections and fear of future floods. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers and other river management agencies are interviewed and discuss past projects aimed at improving flood control in the area and risk factors that may lead to similar flood disasters.
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2013-06-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
