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CARUTHERSVILLE -- A towboat traveling on the Mississippi River struck the Interstate 155 Caruthersville bridge around 4: 45 p.m. Monday between Dyersburg,

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These new overnight pictures are from heavily damaged Caruthersville, which is now under a state of emergency.

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Then, later in the day, they reopened it after the National Weather Service lowered the projected crest at Caruthersville from 49.5 feet to 48.1 feet.

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The Coast Guard closed a five-mile stretch of the Mississippi to protect Caruthersville, Mo., and said barges could be banned for up to eight days.

Coast Guard reopens part of Mississippi River 2011

The Coast Guard closed a five-mile stretch of the Mississippi to protect Caruthersville, Mo., and said barges could be banned for up to eight days.

Some Kentucky residents return to homes near Mississippi River 2011

Forty miles south of the Missouri floodway, in Caruthersville, Mo., the river was already at 47 feet Thursday, a foot above its 1937 record, according to Charles Davis, an engineer for the St. Francis Levee District.

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Scott Olson/Getty Images SUBMERGED: A tractor was submerged in floodwater in Caruthersville, Mo., Wednesday.

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Then, later in the day, they reopened it after the National Weather Service lowered the projected crest at Caruthersville from 49.5 feet to 48.1 feet.

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Scott Olson/Getty Images Workers use a boat to recover supplies from a flooded grain elevator in Caruthersville, Mo., a farm town along the swollen Mississippi River.

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Meanwhile, the Coast Guard closed a section of the river at Caruthersville, Mo., where the flood is expected to crest Monday within six inches of the top of a flood wall that protects the city of about 7,000, according to the Associated Press.

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