Several people rescued from flooded northwest Missouri

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(AP) – Authorities have rescued several people from flooded
Missouri roads and a campground after heavy rains caused waters to rise, sending
cattle floating over a highway.National Weather Service hydrologist Scott Watson said from 8 to 11 inches of
rain fell from Wednesday night through Thursday morning in a five-county area in
northwest Missouri, with smaller totals elsewhere.

One of the rescues happened in Nodaway County, where the sheriff’s office said
on its official Facebook page that Maryville officers used a personal watercraft
to save a man who drove his pickup truck into swift-moving water. The post said
only the man was heard screaming and that only his head was above water when
authorities arrived.

Water rescues also were reported in Gentry and Daviess counties.

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