Floods drive people from their homes in St.

The floods had forced thousands of people from their homes in Poplar Bluff, MO., Monday after more than a foot of rain creeks and rivers flowing over their banks as heavy rain, 38-year-old woman died Monday near Faytetteville, Ark., where high water engulfed her minivan from Illinois Highway River, The Office of sheriff s Washington said in Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered 200 National Guard troops to help with relief Poplar Bluff flood. Poplar Bluff Police Lieutenant Dave Sutton said Black River crested the dam South of the town and is still growing, growing problems that the dikes would give way. IT s been rain on the last Wednesday is stable, said Sutton. We VE received so far, about 13 or 14 inches (rain) in that time The rivers, which saw severe floods in the same area in 2008, has 5 feet above the flood stage of 16 feet andexpected to Crest at 22 feet, We ve noc'Said. Sutton there were dozens of places where the river above the dam has actually increased, and compromised dam in several locations south of Poplar Bluff, said Sutton. Worried this could lead to a dam not We Re. We do not have any violations, but there s a lot of water flowing over the dam. The Weather Channel meterologist Walton guy says rain totals were as 14 inches in parts of the Ohio River Valley southwards into Arkansas and the Mississippi Valley and Tennessee, and another 10-15 inches of rain could fall over the next two days of rain blamed for excessive frontal systemthat the stalemate in the region. Walton said rain should end Wednesday, but another system of wet weather could arrive at the weekend, the head of the CDIP Berndt area Fire District West Tony in Missouri, said rescue crews Sunday night and Monday morning helping people leave homes threatened by rapidly rising Bull Creek. We had to go after three people didn t want to leave todaySaid Berndt. We had to go for more information about reprint permission &, visit our FAQ's For em in the boats.. Report corrections and clarifications, contact standards editor Brent Jones. For consideration of publication in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and State to check. To view our corrections, go to corrections usatoday.com. We have updated the guidelines talk. Changes include a brief overview of the approval process and explains how to use the button "report abuse". For More Information.