Dozens of Ill. homes flooded; weather pressures corn prices


LAKE DELTON, Wis. - Storms overnight added to swollen rivers and caused new levee breaks that swamped Illinois farms and homes — part of a week of severe weather that's claimed 15 lives and is expected to continue in the nation's heartland, impacting food prices across the country.

Three levee breaks along the Embarras and Wabash rivers in Illinois werecausing widespread flash flooding of nearby areas — including Lawrenceville, a town of 5,000, and several smaller communities.

About 200 homes are in the immediately affected area, with water up to the roofs of some of them.

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Levees break as Midwest floods worsen - Weather - MSNBC.com

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