Nation IN BRIEF : THE MIDWEST : Tornadoes, Storms, Floods Pound Area
From Times staff and Wire reports
Midwesterners mopped up or continued battling floodwaters Sunday after tornadoes, thunderstorms and flooding hit the region, killing a girl in Iowa and a railroad engineer in Illinois. Tornadoes in South Dakota and Nebraska damaged or destroyed farm buildings and homes and uprooted trees. In eastern Iowa, Clear Creek jumped its banks, closing a two-mile section of Interstate 80. Weather service flood specialist Ed May said some rivers were still rising.
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