Caption: Tuesday May 3, 2011--Ruben "Brother" Bennett, center, talks with Missouri Army National Guard soldiers Jed Burch, left, and Sean Gibson at a check point on state highway 80 outside of East Prairie, Missouri on Tuesday. Bennett, 88, has lived in the Birds Point floodway all his life. People came to the check point to watch the water levels rise after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers blew a hole in the levee which flooded Bennett's home. Water levels on the Ohio River fell after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers breached the Birds Point levee on Monday. The National Weather Service said before the breach, the Cairo level was at 61.72 feet and rising. By Tuesday morning, the river was at 60.62 feet and was expected to keep falling to 59.4 feet by Saturday.
David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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