Tuesday, December 6 2011 5:38 PM EST2011-12-06 22:38:47 GMT
The Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi Valley Division has directed an orderly shutdown of the Birds Point-New Madrid project area due to forecasts of unseasonably high river levels and ordered temporary flood protection measures.
Wednesday, November 16 2011 9:40 PM EST2011-11-17 02:40:29 GMT
The Corps says the District is now authorized and funded to continue improvements at the upper crevasse to 55 feet on the Cairo gage as part of Operation Make Safe.
Tuesday, November 15 2011 7:11 PM EST2011-11-16 00:11:33 GMT
The Army Corps of Engineers is working to repair three spots in the Birds Point levee where it used explosives in May to relieve pressure on a swollen Mississippi River and flood farmland in Mississippi County.
Saturday, October 22 2011 11:47 AM EDT2011-10-22 15:47:40 GMT
Friday afternoon the Army Corps of Engineers announced it has $3 million dollars more to contribute to the rebuilding construction of the Birds Point Levee.
Thursday, September 15 2011 8:54 PM EDT2011-09-16 00:54:29 GMT
The Army Corps of Engineers estimates it will cost more than $2 billion to repair the damage to the nation's levees, dams and riverbanks caused by this year's excessive flooding.
Wednesday, September 14 2011 11:48 AM EDT2011-09-14 15:48:58 GMT
The commander of the of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Memphis District signed a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Environmental Assessment on levee repairs at the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. That clears the way to proceed with interim restoration.
Farmers and residents in the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway are invited to watch the premiere of a short documentary film called "Man Made: Disaster at Birds Point." The showing will be in East Prairie at 10 a.m. Friday.
Saturday, September 3 2011 2:30 PM EDT2011-09-03 18:30:12 GMT
The Army Corps of Engineers say they are continuing to make progress on the Birds Point levee rebuilding project. The follow-up project to "Operation Make Safe" is called "Operation Restore."
Monday, August 29 2011 1:25 PM EDT2011-08-29 17:25:49 GMT
Residents, business owners, and workers affected by the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway levee repair are asked to take part in a public comment period on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draft notice of Environmental Assessment.
Wednesday, July 13 2011 11:50 PM EDT2011-07-14 03:50:22 GMT
"Well, we started at the top at Birds Point and worked our way down to the various places where the levee has been breached and 130,000 acres of prime farmland flooded," said Nixon.
Tuesday, June 21 2011 7:34 PM EDT2011-06-21 23:34:20 GMT
Mount Level Farms in Mississippi county is home to more than 15,000 acres of farmland. When the US Army Corps of Engineers activated the Birds Point flood plan, most of that land ended up underwater.
Wednesday, June 15 2011 6:22 PM EDT2011-06-15 22:22:46 GMT
An amendment to the House Energy and Water Appropriations Act of 2012 included an extra $1 billion for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to repairs levees across the country, including the Birds Point levee.
Friday, June 10 2011 5:09 PM EDT2011-06-10 21:09:13 GMT
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts the Missouri River flooding will not cause additional flooding in the Birds-Poin News Madrid Floodway without another significant rain event.
Wednesday, June 1 2011 11:54 AM EDT2011-06-01 15:54:50 GMT
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold an informational meeting Thursday evening in East Prairie to talk about the claims filing process for Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway residents and property owners.
Wednesday, May 18 2011 9:28 AM EDT2011-05-18 13:28:57 GMT
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sent U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R) a letter explaining a timeline for effort to rehabilitate the Birds Point - New Madrid Floodway destroyed by water after the corps intentionally breached a levee on May 2.
Monday, May 9 2011 4:31 PM EDT2011-05-09 20:31:36 GMT
Farmers and homeowners in the Birds Point - New Madrid Floodway, whose land has been underwater for nearly a week get the chance to survey their losses Monday.
Friday, May 6 2011 5:35 PM EDT2011-05-06 21:35:13 GMT
Coroners in both New Madrid and Mississippi counties are keeping a close eye on local cemeteries. So far there have been no major concerns, but the New Madrid County coroner says in most cases-they can't bury the dead because of flooding issues.
Friday, May 6 2011 12:08 PM EDT2011-05-06 16:08:00 GMT
After completing the levee blasts at the Birds Point - New Madrid Floodway Thursday, the US Army Corps of Engineers is moving its joint information center to Memphis to continue the floodfight downstream of the Mississippi River.
Wednesday, May 4 2011 5:54 PM EDT2011-05-04 22:54:32 GMT
This press release is from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers safety tips to residents.
Wednesday, May 4 2011 5:52 PM EDT2011-05-04 22:52:19 GMT
Governor Pat Quinn today urged people who have evacuated from flooded communities to heed instruction from public officials about returning to their homes.
Wednesday, May 4 2011 2:30 PM EDT2011-05-04 19:30:20 GMT
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate made the following statement today on the artificial opening of the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway
Tuesday, May 3 2011 9:07 PM EDT2011-05-04 01:07:46 GMT
"While breaching the levee at Birds Point has relieved pressure and lowered water levels, Cairo and other towns along the Ohio River are not out of the woods yet," said Durbin.
Tuesday, May 3 2011 12:28 AM EDT2011-05-03 04:28:33 GMT
Since he was four yeas old, 72-year-old Paul Haney made his home near Birds Point. He now farms 2400 acres of farmland. Land, that will soon be under water.
Monday, May 2 2011 9:32 PM EDT2011-05-03 01:32:22 GMT
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon released the following statement regarding the decision by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to intentionally breach the Birds Point-New Madrid Levee.
Monday, May 2 2011 9:29 PM EDT2011-05-03 01:29:52 GMT
Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson released the following statement on the Army Corps of Engineers breaching the levee at the Birds Point - New Madrid Floodway.
Monday, May 2 2011 9:27 PM EDT2011-05-03 01:27:22 GMT
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement Monday after Major General Michael Walsh of the Army Corps of Engineers announced that they will intentionally breach a levee.
Monday, May 2 2011 7:05 PM EDT2011-05-02 23:05:40 GMT
Maj. General Michael Walsh, President of the Mississippi River Commission, says he has decided to operate the floodway project at Birds Point - New Madrid Floodway.
Sunday, May 1 2011 10:48 AM EDT2011-05-01 14:48:27 GMT
(Source: Army Corps of Engineers)
Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, President of the Mississippi River Commission with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, says no official decision to has been made to blast the Bird's Point - New Madrid Floodway levee.
Sunday, May 1 2011 10:46 AM EDT2011-05-01 15:46:33 GMT
The Corps is moving to H minus 24 hours and holding. Barges are being moved from Wickliffe, KY, directly across Mississippi River from access wells, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District twitter page.
Wednesday, April 27 2011 11:59 PM EDT2011-04-28 03:59:55 GMT
Cairo's Mayor says his city is on the verge of being the next 9th ward of New Orleans if the Corp of Engineers fails to open the Birds Point Floodway South of Cairo.
Wednesday, April 27 2011 7:01 PM EDT2011-04-27 23:01:17 GMT
The man who has the final say on artificially breaching the Mississippi River levee in Mississippi County will take questions from county leaders and the public Wednesday afternoon in East Prairie.
Wednesday, April 27 2011 3:46 PM EDT2011-04-27 19:46:47 GMT
Leaders from Mississippi County, New Madrid County, and Jo Ann Emerson met with the Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday afternoon about a plan to intentionally break the Bird's Point Levee.
The Army Corps of Engineers will decide Tuesday whether to move ahead with a plan to breach a southeastern Missouri levee in a bid to ease flood waters.
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