Flash flooding in Missouri leaves one person dead as 200 campers are rescued

A woman has died in flash flooding that swept across parts of Missouri, The Guardian reports. According to the Crawford county sheriff's office, Faith Gregory went missing after heavy rainfall tore her home from its foundation; volunteers recovered her body on Saturday, roughly one point eight miles downstream in Huzzah creek. The same storms forced numerous emergency rescues and evacuations statewide, including the airlift of more than two hundred children from a summer camp.

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