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Appeals court allows levee blast plan as river rises near Cairo
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to block the plan to breach the Birds Point levee near Cairo. The Army Corps moved barges into position and weighed breaching a 60-foot earthen wall to save homes and farms as floodwaters from the Mississippi and Ohio rivers rise. Authorities evacuated about 230 residents behind the levee and up to 800 in surrounding areas while National Guard troops man checkpoints. The decision hinges on water levels, with Cairo estimated to crest near 60.5 feet, and officials caution about environmental risks from a planned controlled breach.
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Cairo
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Corps
Birds Point Levee
Missouri
Ohio River
Old Shawneetown
Plug
Mississippi
Ohio
Ed Marshall
Childs
8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Scott Holste
Nixon
Holste
Missouri National Guard
Chris Koster
Associated Press
Kentucky
Jim Pogue
Pogue
National Weather Service
Judson
National Guard
New Madrid