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From Kansas' Weather Worries, to a Queen's Journey
May 8, 2007 — --
PLAINS FLOODING - Major flooding is expected across most of Missouri today, comparable to the devastating floods in 1993 that were the most costly and destructive in U.S. history, the National Weather Service reports. The Platte River, near the town of Agency, is expected to reach 15 feet above flood stage, putting the entire town under water. Gov. Matt Blunt has issued a state of emergency. Hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate from Missouri, Kansas in Iowa after a weekend of deadly storms. Shelters have been set up.
TORNADO AFTERMATH - Recovery efforts are still underway for Greensburg after a half-mile wide tornado ripped through the Kansas town in 10 minutes on Sunday. FEMA says that some trailers are in place for residents and more are on their way. President Bush will visit the area Wednesday and hear from the governor, who says the state's response to the emergency has been hindered by the National Guard's equipment being used in Iraq. Click here for the story.
THE QUEEN - Queen Elizabeth II will pay tribute to American soldiers with a visit to the National World War II memorial, and then have a formal dinner for President Bush at the British Embassy. She will venture home with her husband, Prince Phillip, on Wednesday.
FORT DIX TERROR PLOT- A group of homegrown fundamentalist terrorists were arrested for plotting to use automatic weapons to attack Fort Dix, the Army installation in Burlington County, N.J, ABC's Rich Esposito reports. The six men arrested were of Yugoslav and Albanian ethnic dissent, increasing concern among counter terror officials that terrorists will be harder to identify.
IRAQI CHILDREN- A report released Monday placed Iraq last in child survival rankings, finding that the chance that an Iraqi child will live beyond age 5 has plummeted faster than any other nation in the world since 1990. ABC's Terry McCarthy is following this story, and has this report. Check for additional details on tonight's "World News."
