Flooding
Jeff Roberson | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 3 months AGO
A nearly flooded mailbox sits along a flooded road Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, in Eureka, Mo. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency due to wide spread flooding around the state that has closed many roads after a storm system dropped more than half a foot of rain and left several dead. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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A nearly flooded mailbox sits along a flooded road Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, in Eureka, Mo. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency due to wide spread flooding around the state that has closed many roads after a storm system dropped more than half a foot of rain and left several dead. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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A member of the Missouri Highway Patrol walk past a building burned to the ground Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Dellwood, Mo. The building and several others in and around Ferguson were burned during protests after a grand jury decided not to indict a Ferguson police officer in the shooting death of Michael Brown. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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