6 flooded Illinois counties declared disaster areas

Floodwaters sent the Illinois and Mississippi rivers over their banks at record and near-record levels Wednesday, inundating thousands of homes and many acres of farmland.

The worst was yet to come along the lower Mississippi River, where crests were not expected until Thursday or Friday.

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