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Floodwater from the Mississippi River cuts off the roadway from Missouri into Illinois at the states' border in Saint Mary, Miss., on May 30, 2019. Scott Olson/Getty Images
ST. LOUIS—The swollen Missouri and Mississippi rivers are closing hundreds of roads and inundating homes and businesses.
Locks and dams upstream of St. Louis are shut down as the Mississippi River crests at its second-highest level on record in some areas, straining agriculture levees.
