Weather.com - 4/21/13
Chad Keedy and stepdaughter Jordan DeBolt, 15, of Chillicothe, Ill., paddle through flood waters in their neighborhood along Oak Lawn Street in Chiilicothe, Ill., on Saturday, April 20, 2013, as the Illinois River rises due to heavy rains earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Peoria Journal Star, Ron Johnson)
Those fighting floods in several communities along the Mississippi River were mostly successful Sunday despite the onslaught of water.
The surging Mississippi was at or near crest at several places from the Quad Cities south to near St. Louis -- some reaching 10-12 feet above flood stage. Problems were plentiful: Hundreds of thousands of acres of swamped farmland as planting season approaches; three people died; roads and bridges closed, including sections of major highways like U.S. 61 in Iowa and Missouri and crossings at Quincy, Ill., and Louisiana, Mo.
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