Mandatory evacuations are in place in parts of the Midwest as the area braces for flooding that is expected to swell rivers to record levels, threatening to breach almost a dozen levees.
Advertisement
‘Pandemonium’ as Britons flee Dubai’s New Year’s Eve skyscraper inferno
Police say more officers will be on hand this year than the 1,600 deployed for last year’s bash. Fireworks also will be on display in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the country of seven emirates.
The Corps of Engineers said the areas of current or possible flooding include the Charleston, Missouri area, Reelfoot-Obion, Kentucky area, Cairo, Illinois, and the uppers St. Francis area on the St. Francis River. A rare winter flood threatened almost two dozen federal… Flood waters were receding Wednesday in Union, Mo., 50 miles southwest of St. Louis.
TCU QB Boykin charged with felony assault, suspended
Boykin’s absence should mean more work for senior running back Aaron Green , who gained 1,171 yards and 10 touchdowns this season. TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin has been suspended from Saturday’s Alamo Bowl, according to TCU head coach Garry Patterson.
And even though the river is dropping, “it will leave behind a mess”, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Dream redeemed: Clemson shakes off Oklahoma, Tigers will play for CFB Playoff
A member of Clemson’s punt team all year, he ran down the left sideline and caught a 31-yard pass from punter Andy Teasdall. Some would say that like Alabama , Oklahoma hasn’t played a quarterback as good as the one they will on Thursday in Watson.
The Tweed River was still swollen with floodwaters from Storm Frank on December 31, 2015, a day after it burst its banks in Peebles, Scotland.
Record high flood levels were reached along portions of the Meramec River at Eureka, Valley Park and Arnold, Missouri, during Wednesday.
Missouri Department of Transportation workers work to sandbag a stretch of Interstate 55 as the cres …
The Missouri River leveled off about 5 feet shy of the record in St. Charles, Missouri, and was on the way down at Hermann and Washington, two German heritage towns in Missouri’s Wine Country region.
Points in southern Missouri and IL are still awaiting the crest.
The bulging Meramec River broke flood records Thursday as it overwhelmed a second interstate highway and stranded thousands of commuters who, on most days, barely give a thought to the meandering stream.
The Coast Guard is restricting traffic along portions of the Mississippi River between IL and Missouri.
One of the men is a duck hunter who disappeared this weekend from the Four Rivers Conservation Area in Vernon County. The floodwaters there also destroyed a leftover film set used in the 2003 remake of “Where the Red Fern Grows”.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has activated the National Guard to assist with security in evacuated areas and to help keep road-closure sites clear.
It says the general public should stay off the river because of high flows and significant debris in the water.
“We’re so close”, he said.
Pennise said the corps is confident the levee, built in 2007, is safe, but ordered evacuations as a precaution.
In the southwestern Missouri tourist mecca of Branson, residents of about 150 duplexes and homes had to evacuate on Wednesday because a manmade lake flooded. But the shopping district along the lake was still open, Fire Chief Ted Martin said, adding, “it has been packed with people, and I don’t know where all of them have come from”. Rainfall totals of that magnitude occur only every 100 to 300 years, according to rainfall frequency data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “If the protective measures fail, the City of Portage Sioux will be isolated in a matter of hours”, it said.
“It couldn’t have gone any smoother, with the city staff and volunteers that held it (water) back with a 1,000-foot-long wall, it was absolutely wonderful”, a relieved Mayor Brant Walker said of the city’s Downtown flood containment efforts.
According to Andrew Gates, a MoDOT spokesman, the southbound lanes at this location remain closed due to flooding.
The river was still rising next to the Missouri town just north of St. Louis, and not expected to crest until late Thursday.
Advertisement
Merchant Tim Meeks loaded vats of gourmet olive oil from his downtown market onto a trailer headed to higher ground as other employees worked to drain a basement filled with 7 feet of standing water. “All of our product has to go”.
