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Illinois town rises to new heights
August 22, 1998
Web posted at: 6:51 p.m. EDT (2251 GMT)
VALMEYER, Illinois (CNN) -- Five years ago, the Mississippi River flooded dozens of towns in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. It was a U.S. disaster second only to Hurricane Andrew in the scope and cost of the damage.
One of the stricken towns has gone to extraordinary lengths
to make sure it never happens again.
Correspondent Jeff Flock reports.
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