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Title
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Flood Heads This Way
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Description
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Residents of Parkville, Missouri, piled up sandbags in preparation of flood waters that could surpass the records set in the 1993 flood. Includes a sidebar "Flood Forecast" which has a map and figures of water stages and the forecast for 2011 plus record crest and year for nine cities along the Missouri River.
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Date
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2011-06-08
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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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Title
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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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Date
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2013-06-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
