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WINFIELD, MO. (AP) -- Volunteers have started removing the hundreds of thousands of sandbags used to keep floodwaters at bay in the northeast Missouri town of Winfield.
More than a month has passed since the Mississippi River inundated the town. A 4-foot tall sandbag wall that residents and others built between the river and city five weeks ago had remained.
About 150 volunteers made significant progress Saturday in shrinking the pile of about 500,000 sandbags. The volunteers mostly came from AmeriCorps St. Louis, Chesterfield-based Service International and the United Way of Greater St. Louis.
Other groups will also provide volunteers throughout the week.
Trey Perry of Service International estimates it will take about two weeks to remove most of the sandbags.
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