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## Video: Major Floods Threaten 19 Levees Along Mississippi River

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_Published 2015-12-30. Citizens in some Missouri towns have already been urged to evacuate, and the state's governor has declared a state of emergency._


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## Transcript

Rare winter river swells are threatening to breach 19 federal levees along the Mississippi river. Many residents in Missouri and Illinois are being forced to leave their homes. Flood warnings have been in effect in Illinois, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Missouri has been in the most danger. At least 13 people have been killed. Governor Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency Those problems they have now are gonna get much, much worse. That rain that we had before and those rivers are rising. The National Weather Service predicts the Mississippi River will crest between Thursday evening and Friday morning, but some Missouri towns, like West Alton, have already been significantly flooded.

One meteorologist told NBC if a levee was to give way, the entire Mississippi would flood out. Downstream cities, like New Orleans, could be affected within a week.

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