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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, Tammy Kilgore, right, talks to her neighbor Betty Cazzell after Kilgore's home was demolished in Mosby, Mo. Kilgore accepted a $45,000 voluntary buyout offer to leave her flood-prone home of 38 years and has moved to a nearby community. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, Elmer Sullivan talks about his decision not to participate in buyout of homes in Mosby, Mo. About half of the homeowners in Mosby are participating in a government buyout in the flood-prone community, but Sullivan opted not to because the $20,000 offered for his property was not enough to afford a new home somewhere else. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, Elmer Sullivan talks about his decision not to participate in buyout of homes in Mosby, Mo. About half of the homeowners in Mosby are participating in a government buyout in the flood-prone community, but Sullivan opted not to because the $20,000 offered for his property was not enough to afford a new home somewhere else. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, Tammy Kilgore watches while her former home is demolished as part of a voluntary buyout in flood-prone Mosby, Mo. Kilgore accepted a $45,000 payment to leave her home of 38 years and has moved to a nearby community. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, Tammy Kilgore walks through the front door of her home for the final time before it was demolished as part of a voluntary buyout in flood-prone Mosby, Mo. Kilgore accepted a $45,000 payment to leave her home of 38 years and has moved to a nearby community. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, Betty Cazzell watches from her adjacent fence line while her neighbor, Tammy Kilgore's home is demolished in Mosby, Mo. as part of a voluntary buyout of homes in the flood-prone community. Cazzell, 86, opted to stay in the community where she spent all but 10 years of her life. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, Tammy Kilgore sits in front of her former home in Mosby, Mo. before it was demolished as part of a voluntary buyout program in the flood-prone town. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, Tammy Kilgore looks over the remains of her home after it was demolished as part of a voluntary buyout in food-prone Mosby, Mo. Kilgore accepted a $45,000 payment to leave her home of 38 years and has moved to a nearby community. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, vehicles pass by Mosby, Mo. About half the homes in the flood-prone town are being demolished as part of a voluntary buyout program. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, Tammy Kilgore, right, talks to her neighbor Betty Cazzell after Kilgore's home was demolished in Mosby, Mo. Kilgore accepted a $45,000 voluntary buyout offer to leave her flood-prone home of 38 years and has moved to a nearby community. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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This year’s devastating flooding in the Midwest, which caused billions of dollars of damage in more than a dozen states, is likely to lead to more home buyouts. And more could be necessary nationwide as climate change leads to rising seas and more frequent and intense rainstorms. (David A. Lieb, Associated Press)
