Mo. residents wary of flood insurance rates
Monday, March 24, 2014
ANNADA, Mo. -- Willie Richter has lived in the same house in West Alton, Mo., since he was 10. Now the mayor of that small, blue-collar town nestled behind levees near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, he wonders how much longer he'll be able to stay.
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