POPLAR BLUFF — Floodwaters threatened earthen levees protecting thousands of homes in the nation's midsection Tuesday, rising so fast in some places that panicked residents didn't have time to pile up sandbags.
Poplar Bluff avoids deaths from storms; flooding persists in Midwest
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 | 5:24 p.m. CDT
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