Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, right, listens to James Beard, Army Corps of Engineers Executive Operations Manager of the Clear Water Lake, before Kinder holds a news conference at the Black River Coliseum, the largest flood shelter in Poplar Bluff, Mo. on Thursday March 20, 2008. Levee breaches in southeast Missouri forced hundreds of people from their homes and left many major roadways impassable. The Coon Island levee near Poplar Bluff, Mo., broke around noon Thursday, and authorities were preparing to conduct water rescues if necessary. (AP Photo/Dan Gill)
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