CHICAGO: Nervous residents in the flood-ravaged US state of Missouri waited anxiously Thursday to see how high the Mississippi River would rise, as the death toll from the record-breaking deluge hit 14.

The frigid, muddy waters have swallowed up hundreds of homes and businesses. Scores of people have had to be rescued by boat -- including one man plucked from the roof of his home as it floated away.

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