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ST. LOUIS — Some towns along the Mississippi River are beginning the slow task of recovery, even as water remains high.
With the river finally receding from near-record levels, the Federal Emergency Management Agency opened disaster-recovery centers in the Missouri towns of Clarksville and Winfield on Tuesday.
The river is dropping as much as a foot a day in Clarksville and Hamburg, Ill., though the pace of the decline is expected to slow, said Ben Sipprell, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service.
A few towns haven’t hit high-water marks yet. The Mississippi was expected to crest today 12.6 feet above flood stage in Chester, Ill., and 10.5 feet above flood stage in Cape Girardeau, Mo. No major problems were expected.
