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“You didn’t have time to worry,” Scott Peterson Sr. said. “You just grab what you can and go and you’re glad the people are OK.”
There were no reports of injuries in Piedmont, but dozens of people were rescued in about 15 to 20 boat trips. In Winona in Shannon County, 20 to 30 homes along Pike Creek were evacuated. Water had flooded Winona High School and the Dollar Store. Missouri Route 19 was briefly closed when dislodged propane tanks got stuck under a bridge. On Tuesday, the Missouri Water Patrol rescued two boys from fast-moving water and debris in Hurricane Creek south of Winona, but even the rescuers had to be rescued. Humphrey said a john boat with two rescuing officers capsized. One of the officers was washed downstream, but was helped ashore. The two boys and the remaining officer grabbed onto trees. Two local emergency rescue boats also capsized, leaving a total of nine people up and down the creek needing rescue. “Boats weren’t working, so we contacted swift water rescue,” Humphrey said. The Water Patrol also called for air support, but the weather was too bad for the Missouri Highway Patrol to fly, and the closest Coast Guard helicopter was in New Orleans. One has since been dispatched to Missouri. The Water Patrol eventually rescued the officer and two boys with ropes. They were evaluated for hypothermia, and released from an area hospital. The two local boats holding three rescuers each made it to shore. Firefighters and police were called to pull motorists out of flooded roads in and around Springfield, said Greene County Emergency Management Director Ryan Nicholls. Three dozen roads were closed. Lake Springfield was nearing the top of its banks, threatening to close the James River Expressway, a major thoroughfare. “It’s absolutely abnormal to have this much rain and more on the way today and tonight,” Nicholls said. In Rogersville, a town of about 1,500 people 20 miles east of Springfield, water from flooded creeks flowed into as many as three dozen homes. “Some of them have washing machines and dryers floating in several feet of water,” Fire Chief Rich Stirts said. In Bollinger County, conservation workers helped rescue people near Marble Hill. Propane tanks broke loose and were leaking. 
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