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Missouri authorities, amid severe floods, used Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopters to airlift 202 campers and staff from Camp Taum Sauk in Reynolds County to safety in St. Louis, part of hundreds of swift-water rescues statewide as a state of emergency was declared and more rain was forecast.
A foot of rain caused severe flooding in southeastern Missouri, prompting the National Guard to evacuate hundreds of campers from Camp Taum Sauk along the Black River, with Black Hawk helicopters ferrying people to safety in what authorities described as a once-in-a-thousand-years event, echoing memories of last year’s Camp Mystic floods in Texas.
Heavy rain and flash floods in southeast Missouri led to the airlift evacuation of more than 200 campers and staff from Camp Taum Sauk by National Guard Black Hawk helicopters, while about 20 people were rescued after a campground building collapsed. Rescues continued along the Black River, a missing woman was reported in Crawford County, and several roads were impassable as authorities warned of worsening flooding. The governor declared a state of emergency and activated search-and-rescue crews; the Black River was expected to crest at a potential record height of more than 28 feet near Annapolis, with more rain forecast.