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by h2odragon 1752 days ago
They found the last person yesterday: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fema-administrator-tours...

The word is that the railroad embankment acted as a temporary levee and stored a large charge of water up, until it failed. Then this impromptu lake charged right through town. It's usual for that are to flood, this was just a lot more water all at one time than usual.

There were pictures of cars filled with gravel; and that rail berm blown completely out, tracks dangling.