European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse May stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 18 Waters approach 93 flood Levels around Missouri by Heather Hollingsworth the associated press Kansas heavy rain from an already deadly storm system sent the Missouri River and other Midwest water ways Over their Banks forcing thousands of people to evacuate and bringing warnings that the Region could see flooding close to the devastation of Missouri Matt Blunt declared a state of emergency and mobilized National guard troops to about 60 percent of 20 Miles Northeast of Kan Sas was covered by water 2 to 4 feet deep from the overflow ing fishing said Rog Clay county director of Emer gency he said the towns 242 Resi dents began evacuating monday by Only one route into the Community remained Mosby flooding could have been but authorities Man aged to plug a damaged dam with Rogers the Pri vate earthen dam holds Back a 20acre if that dam were its water would flow into Clear which runs into the fish ing River and through last word i got is its Rogers the Waters will and that Guy can fix his it Hast gotten this much water since he communities across the Cen trial Plains faced flooding from the weekend Long thunderstorms that spawned the deadly Tornado that wiped out parts of Iowa and Kansas received 4 to 8 inches of rain in a 24hour the National weather service mis Souri officials set up emergency Jeff Salina flooding can be seen at the Confluence of the Smoky Hill River and the Saline River in this Aerial photo taken monday near new severe storms have flooded creeks and Lowling areas in the shelters in Joseph and Mound and evacuations most of them voluntary were under Way in towns along the Missouri River Between Kansas City and the Iowa state said Susie a spokeswoman for the state emergency management More flooding was expected including the Western Missouri town of Agen where the Platte River was forecast to reach 15 feet above flood stage less than a foot below its Crest in wildfires plague by David Royse the associated press further evacuations were ordered monday in parched Florida As a wildfire crept within a Quarter mile of several one of numerous blazes that occupied Crews around the a fast growing fire forced evacuations in northeastern and the area damaged by georgias larg Estever wildfire surpassed acres about 156 Square Miles As that Blaze continued to residents in at least three areas of Florida were ordered to and hundreds More were on about 20 Homes in Walton county in the Panhandle were evacuated As a 300acre fire threatened the said Jim a spokes Man for the state division of a second evacuation was ordered quickly As a fire sprang up near the wet ova River in Central Lake county spokesman Chris Patton that order was lifted hours later after Crews got the fire under a third evacuation was ordered in Ala Chua county North of Gainesville on Mon Day night due to a fire larger than or More than Square in there were at least 260 fires burning Mon Day in covering about nearly 50 of those started about half of them caused by lightning from a line of thunderstorms that moved through the state too quickly to quench the Harrell firefighters in grand called for reinforcements As a wildfire continued to Burn through the northeastern Minnesota damaging 40 buildings and pushing about 100 people from their study times Square deep in Cash the associated press new York times the area of Midtown Manhattan that evolved Over the past Century from a bustling theater District to a Symbol of crime and decay and now to a sanitized entertainment pumps about billion a year directly into the cites according to a new times squares financial contribution to the City exceeds the cites budgets for pub Lic libraries and for the departments of Parks youth and Community cultural Small business services and for the said the study commissioned by times Square a privately funded nonprofit dedicated to improving the in the past 15 the area has become a financial and Media Hub and a tourist destination and has positioned itself As the cites economic said Tim Tomp the alliances another billion is generated such As when a company in times Square buys ser vices from another business elsewhere in the the study this report affirms and provides Evi Dence of what we have Long Tompkins times Square is not just one of new York cites most popular Desti nations it in essence represents its own Dis Tinct and powerful Economy within the pumping tens of billions of dollars into the local times Square makes More the study than the combined economies of Panama and unt Duluth news a wildfire Burns close to the Sadanaga corridor near the end of the gunflint Trail on monday near grand John the incident said he called for a doubling of firefighting Crews to 300 As the fire grew to acres More than twice the size it had been sunday in Southeastern three weeks after the states largest wildfire on record ignited near sustained winds of 20 Mph from the Northeast pushed the fire deeper into the Okefenokee giving firefighters a Chance to fortify fire snorkelers bitten by shark off Maui the associated press Honolulu a woman snorkelling off Maui was bitten by a shark about an hour after a nearby Beach was closed be cause of a shark the believed to be in her sustained injuries to her foot and calf and was taken to Maui memorial medical the injuries were not said Maui county spokeswoman Mahina authorities did not immediately release the woman name or Kihei resident Amon aquarian told the Maui news the woman had a deep Gash on her right foot and another wound on her he ran to the woman Aid after some one called for help and sat with her for 15 minutes until the medics she was conducting herself totally in Lehia the Maui Hawaii Nakia discusses the closure of South Maui beaches with lifeguard Kris vary on monday in peace and he i imagine someone being so together in her others who came to the Wom ans Aid applied a Tourniquet to Stop her leg from he told the the attack occurred off Kea Takapu Beach in it was reported at by a bystander on the
