Taum Sauk levee breaks

Thursday, December 15, 2005

LESTERVILLE, Mo. -- A 5-million-ton torrent crashed down Proffit Mountain Wednesday, sweeping away the home of a sleeping state park superintendent and seriously injuring his children.

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