Flood Fight Across Rivers Lays Waste and Hope
Ohio and Mississippi rivers rise as residents volunteers and responders battle floods. Alexander County emergency services coordinator Marty Nicholson says the county holds its own while National Guard assists. A subdivision of 25 to 30 homes was lost and evacuated by boat. Rising water on Illinois 3 risks roadway flooding in coming days. Nicholson adds they are adapting day by day.
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Judge OKs Breaching Birds Point Levee to Ease Floods
In Cape Girardeau Missouri a federal judge cleared the Army Corps of Engineers to blow a two mile wide hole through the Birds Point levee to relieve rising Mississippi floodwaters near Cairo Illinois. The plan aims to protect navigation and flood control as Missouri resisted a temporary restraining order.
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Cairo mayor tells residents to leave amid flood danger
U S Sen Durbin Lt Gov Simon and state officials toured Southern Illinois flood areas including Cairo where a large overnight sand boil raised alarms. Durbin urged relying on Army Corps of Engineers to decide levee breaches as residents face risk while authorities seek to protect the city and its people. SIUC students helped a retired professor sandbag her home as the Big Muddy rose.
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Quinn proposes $4.75 billion borrow plan to avert bill backlog
Gov. Pat Quinn urges local governments to back a borrowing plan to cover about $8 billion in overdue state bills including almost $2 billion in Medicaid. The plan would suspend local income tax payments to cities and counties through December, potentially delaying salaries and triggering layoffs.
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