Fierce winter storm hits Midwest with snow, wind DES MOINES, Iowa - A fierce winter storm hammered more than a dozen states Tuesday with dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds that threatened to create 15-foot drifts in parts of the Upper Midwest. Small towns suffer big losses as rivers rise OAKVILLE, Iowa - As floodwaters take aim at the tiny towns lining the Mississippi River, the heartland ethic of neighbors helping neighbors is proving to be a potent force against the rising water. Floodwaters threaten river towns in Ill., Mo. GULFPORT, Ill. - Floodwaters that bedeviled Iowans for the past week have flowed out of the state and are now threatening Mississippi Rivers towns in Illinois and Missouri.
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