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Mississippi overflows levees, crops threatened
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-06-19 14:42

Amanda Schoonmaker walks with her child, Ayianha Hoover, through a flooded street in Hannibal, Missouri June 18, 2008. There are hints that the wet weather pattern that has plagued the U.S. Midwest this season, resulting in the worst floods in 15 years and ruined crops, will be moving north, a forecaster on Wednesday. [Agencies]