Guardian: About 100 miles downstream of Hannibal, the boyhood home of Mark Twain, the small Missouri town of West Alton has spent the past week without almost its entire population as it has been completely swamped by water.
William Richter is the mayor of a town he cannot reach. West Altons 525 people were evacuated due to deadly floods that caused the nearby Mississippi river to surge to 38ft high a good 17ft above the flood level. Both roads into the town are still cut off.
You can only really...