Helicopter saves sandbaggers from Midwest flooding

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Source: Associated Press

OAKVILLE, Iowa — The rising Mississippi River interrupted travel on two bridges between Iowa and Illinois and forced the helicopter rescue of more than a dozen people sandbagging a levee before it broke near the western Illinois village of Gulfport.

The break also forced the closure of the Great River Bridge that connects Gulfport to Burlington via U.S. Highway 34 and threatened to deluge farmland.

Illinois conservation officers and a Medivac helicopter from Iowa were able to rescue those stranded at the levee, as well as motorists stuck on nearby U.S. 34 and at a house in nearby Carman, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office said.

Henderson County Deputy Sheriff Donald Seitz said the highway could be under 10 feet of water within 15 to 20 hours and that the crest wasn't predicted to hit the area until Tuesday evening.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/5842045.html

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1. What's going to save them from the Carpetbaggers? nt

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2. What the hell are MI-6 doing in Iowa?