US | rainstorms Midwest Flood Death Toll at 16 Flood crests expected over weekend; snow blasts Minnesota, Chicago By Matt Cantor Posted Mar 21, 2008 4:20 PM CDT Copied Travis Carroll, left, and his wife Marsha look at their flooded basement as they return to salvage what they can as flood waters recede in Dutchtown, Mo., Friday, March 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) Storms that caused flooding across the country's midsection have killed 16 people, and bad weather remains a threat, the AP reports. A snowstorm battering Minnesota and Illinois grounded hundreds of flights, and forecasters predicted a 9-inch total. Thousands were forced into shelters as rivers continued to swell; in many states, floodwaters might not crest until the weekend. Smaller channels were the chief source of floods. Texas authorities recovered the body of a boy who’d been washed down a drainage pipe; a woman watched as one river carried away “large pieces of furniture, dressers, picnic tables" in Arkansas, where two were still missing. Maine, meanwhile, faced a foot of snow and a continued blizzard warning. Read These Next A Delta flight got wild with an allegedly unruly passenger. A Trump coin looks to be in the works, with legal questions swirling. Virginia's Dem nominee for AG is in hot water over 2022 texts. Think Taylor Swift's accent has changed? Scientists agree. Report an error