COLUMBIA — An estimated 52,000 sandbags are at the ready, and pumps were positioned in towns along the Missouri River in Boone County to counter the flooding anticipated with record releases from upstream reservoirs.
Boone County has sandbags ready for Missouri River flooding
Sunday, June 12, 2011 | 12:01 a.m. CDT
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