MORE FLOODS SWEEP OVER AMERICA.
THREE STATES SUFFER HEAVILY AS RIVERS RISE, INUNDATING TOWNS AND WHEAT AREAS. By Telegraph*—Press Assn. —Copyright.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. (Received June 22, 12.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, June 21. A message from Kansas City states that a fresh outbreak of floods has heavily damaged sections of the Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas wheat regions. Kansas is the most heavily Hit. The damage is estimated already to have exceeded 200,000 dollars, and production throughout the section has slackened. Twenty-five per cent of the reapers have been forced to quit, with the crops half gathered. The Cottonwood River is steadily rising. Several towns near Emporia have been cut off, and flood warnings are widespread as the lesser streams rise, threatening to inundate more fields and towns. Lakes have overflowed, causing heavy damage to summer cottages and homes. Tiny streams have assumed mile-wide proportions, covering hundreds of acres of farm lands. The smaller towns are isolated.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18188, 22 June 1927, Page 1
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