Homes flood as Missouri River overtops, breaches levees

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Hundreds of homes flooded in several Midwestern states after rivers breached at least a dozen levees following heavy rain and snowmelt in the region, authorities said Monday while warning that the flooding was expected to linger. About 200 miles of levees were compromised - either breached or overtopped - in four states, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said. Even in places where the water level peaked in those states - Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas - the current was fa