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May 10, 2019Kansas City, MO | By: AP
The Missouri River is causing new problems in a
flood-battered part of northwest Missouri where levees were busted in March.
The rain-swollen waterway has again inundated Big Lake in
Holt County, where some residents were beginning to clean up after the last
deluge.
Holt County emergency management director Tom Bullock said Friday that water
levels haven't dropped enough to fix the earthen levees that protect the area
after the last round of flooding. That means even moderately high river levels
can cause problems. He calls it "a continuous mess."
Several roads are closed again, including U.S. 59, a key transportation artery
between northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri.
In eastern Missouri, water levels are falling along the Mississippi River after
some levees were busted.
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