AP Update: A makeshift sandbag levee holding back the Mississippi River failed early Saturday and authorities said part of the town was evacuated.
Water began flowing under the 4-foot-high barrier around 4:30 a.m. An alarm sounded and the few residents remaining in the flood plain were ordered to get out.
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