Flood water in Turkey Creek tunnel in Kansas City, Kansas, recently swamped a boat holding four workers who were left fighting for lives until a rescue was completed by emergency services. The workers were trapped by the rising floodwater when attending to flood control measures in the almost 400m long tunnel, which was recently restored as part of a US$92M flood control scheme. The tunnel links Turkey Creek with Kansas River, and they routinely travel through by boat. But on their way to place sandbags on a dam inside the tunnel to hold back flows from the Kansas River, in late April, the rising waters inundated and capsized the boat.
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