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More than 200 people at a summer camp helicoptered to safety as Missouri faces flooding
With nearby roads washed away and more rain in the forecast, the children were trapped at Camp Taum Sauk in the small southeastern community of Lesterville, according Sgt. Eddie Young with the state's highway patrol.
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With nearby roads washed away and more rain in the forecast, the children were trapped at Camp Taum Sauk in the small southeastern community of Lesterville, according Sgt. Eddie Young with the state's highway patrol.
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According to PBS News’s linked source, More than 200 people at a summer camp helicoptered to safety as Missouri faces flooding, With nearby roads washed away and more rain in the forecast, the children were trapped at Camp Taum Sauk in the small southeastern community of Lesterville, according Sgt. Eddie Young with the state’s highway patrol.
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