River cresting above flood stage at St. Louis (AP)

Corn plants grow on a flood damaged farm field, Saturday, June 21, 2008, near Colfax, Iowa. Farmers will harvest nearly 9 percent fewer acres of corn this year than last year, in part because of Midwest flooding which has damaged a portion of the crop, the government reported Monday. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - The National Weather Service says the swollen Mississippi River is about to crest at just under nine feet above flood stage at St. Louis.

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