Towns continue to add sandbags, and some evacuate as rivers rise.

Friday, May 11, 2007 | 1:25 a.m. CDT; updated 5:24 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008

KANSAS CITY — Floodwaters rose still higher across northwest and central Missouri on Thursday, leading nervous residents to remove valuables from their homes and fill sandbags to protect river communities.

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