The Latest: 200 Illinois guardsmen deployed amid flooding
1 / 3In this Wednesday, May 29, 2019 photo, two cyclists ride along the Old River Control Structure, as swelling waters from the Mississippi River are diverted through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers structure into the Atchafalaya Basin, in Vidalia, La. Officials in Illinois are asking residents in river communities to prepare for potential evacuations due to the threat of rising floodwaters.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Mississippi is expected to hit a near-historic crest in coming days. Corps Lt. Col. Adam Weece said Thursday that releases into the swollen river have fallen from a high of 275,000 cubic feet per second Wednesday to 240,000 cubic feet per second. Further releases are planned.
Col. Bob Dixon of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says all other levees in Arkansas are in good shape as the river level remains at a historic crest Thursday in western Arkansas. But Dixon says local levee boards should have a plan in place for what to do if a levee fails, because the flooding is expected to persist for days if not weeks.Gov. J.B. Pritzker has deployed 200 members of the Illinois National Guard to respond to flooding along the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
State officials say they're using 2 million sandbags to hold water back. They say they want to preserve evacuation routes, so priorities include protecting levees and preventing road closures and bridge failures.Officials in western Arkansas are carefully watching a levee that's beginning to deteriorate because of the overflowing Arkansas River.
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