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A vacant lot where, until recently, residences stood as a levee stands and Mississippi River flows past in the distance Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Cairo, Ill. Devastating flooding, driven in part by climate change, is taking an especially damaging toll on communities that once thrived along the banks of the river. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Takeaways from AP examination of flooding's effect along Mississippi River
By MICHAEL PHILLIS, JIM SALTER AND CAMILLE FASSETT - Associated Press
Tue,06/11/24-9:28AM , 116 Reads
WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Commerce along the Mississippi River has evolved over the past century at the expense of many once-thriving river towns. But persistent and sometimes devastating flooding has added to the woes of some of those towns.
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A child runs past an opening in the flood wall protecting downtown Hannibal, Mo., Wednesday, May 22, 2024. The wall protected downtown Hannibal during the flood of 1993 not long after it was completed keeping business open and tourists coming while some homes outside were swamped. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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For shrinking Mississippi River towns, frequent floods worsen fortunes
By MICHAEL PHILLIS, JIM SALTER AND CAMILLE FASSETT - Associated Press
Tue,06/11/24-9:21AM , 112 Reads
WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Devastating flooding, driven in part by climate change, is taking an especially damaging toll on communities that once thrived along the banks of America's most storied river.
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