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Flooding reported after another round of rain in Missouri

Rainfall continues.  Photo by Nadia Thacker
Rainfall continues. Photo by Nadia Thacker
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rain-swelled creeks and rivers are overflowing their banks across parts of Missouri.

National Weather Service hydrologist Scott Watson says voluntary evacuations were underway Thursday in the northwest Missouri town of Mosby after the Fishing River overran its banks again. About three dozen homes in the town of about 190 residents flooded last month.

Watson says a few roads also are impassible around the nearby town of Kearney because a creek that is a tributary of the Fishing River is flooding.

Minor to moderate flooding also is being reported in several spots along the Missouri River.

Rains have been heavy this spring. Watson says the Kansas City International Airport has received 12.5 inches of rain over the past six weeks, which is about 6.750 inches above average.

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