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NewsJune 23, 2015

Rising floodwaters from the Diversion Channel of the Mississippi River have spilled over Highway 74 near the eastern city limits of Dutchtown. As of noon Monday, traffic was still moving through the water. In Dutchtown, a sign alerted eastbound motorists of water of the road...

Motorists drive through rising floodwaters from the Diversion Channel on Highway 74 late Monday morning, June 22, 2015 just east of Dutchtown, Missouri. The view is looking west toward the intersection of Highway 25. The river stage was 42.7 feet at Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Motorists drive through rising floodwaters from the Diversion Channel on Highway 74 late Monday morning, June 22, 2015 just east of Dutchtown, Missouri. The view is looking west toward the intersection of Highway 25. The river stage was 42.7 feet at Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Rising floodwaters from the Diversion Channel of the Mississippi River have spilled over Highway 74 near the eastern city limits of Dutchtown.

As of noon Monday, traffic was still moving through the water.

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In Dutchtown, a sign alerted eastbound motorists to water over the road.

A truck heads west toward Dutchtown after moving through floodwaters over Highway 74.
A truck heads west toward Dutchtown after moving through floodwaters over Highway 74.
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