Thebes village worker Bobby White said some sewage pumps were shut down to avoid overloading and portable toilets had been supplied to affected areas. The Mississippi is expected to crest in the small town of Thebes, Illinois, at 47.5 feet on Sunday, more than a foot and a half (46 cm) above the 1995 record, the National Weather Service said. Louis crested at historic levels, flooding towns, disabling sewer plants and forcing hundreds of residents from their homes.Įureka, Missouri, Mayor Kevin Coffey said his town had not seen such bad flooding in 150 years and some of its oldest businesses have been damaged. Water rose to the rooftops of some structures in Missouri towns and two rivers west of St. We usually don't see this until much later." "All that water's coming south and we have to be ready for it," Lieutenant Governor-Elect Billy Nungesser told CNN. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency to prepare for flooding, and levee systems are being monitored daily.
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