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Fri Jun 7, 2019, 07:40 AM Jun 2019

Even More Rain For Floundering Midwest, Southern Plains States



More unwelcome rain is forecast this week in much of the central and southern USA, falling upon areas already swamped by record-breaking floods. “Many locations from the central and southern Plains into the Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley could see 1 to 3 inches of rain in the week ahead,” the Weather Channel warned, with “locally up to 5 inches of rain possible in some areas.”

To make matters worse, rain from a developing tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico could bring additional rainfall to the region: “Tropical moisture from the western Gulf of Mexico may begin impacting parts of south Texas on Tuesday,” the National Weather Service said. […]

The worst of the river flooding is in Arkansas and Missouri, the National Weather Service said. Along the Arkansas River in Arkansas, communities prepared for more record-breaking crests. Officials ordered mandatory evacuations for about 500 homes that sit within the levee system in Jefferson County, just southwest of Little Rock.

“Just horrible scenes down in Jefferson County and Pine Bluff, Arkansas,” tweeted Brian Emfinger of KATV-TV in Little Rock on Sunday. In North Little Rock, which sits across the river from the capital city, officials went door-to-door Saturday to urge residents in about 150 homes near the river to consider leaving.

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https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/06/horrible-scenes-in-central-southern-u-s-as-more-rain-threatens-areas-swamped-by-record-floods-you-have-to-just-make-a-decision-because-youre-going-to-lo.html
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