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From Today’s Paper: Fighting Floodwaters in the Midwest

Jeff Roberson/Associated Press

A Missouri National Guard member surveyed the swollen Mississippi River on Sunday in Clarksville, Mo., about 60 miles northwest of St. Louis. The river is not expected to crest south of St. Louis until late this week, and heavy rain is forecast. The flooding has claimed at least three lives, two in Indiana and one in Missouri.