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Flooding scenes from Cairo, Ill. and Mississippi County, Mo after the Birds Point levee was breached
Date: 5/4/2011 Album ID: 1240052
Photos by David Carson
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Scenes from around Cairo, Illinois and Mississippi County on Tuesday 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.
Tuesday May 3, 2011--Illinois conservation police officer Ralph Sievers takes a look at water levels on a levee holding back the Ohio River in Cairo on Tuesday. Water levels on the Ohio River, right, 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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Tuesday May 3, 2011--The city of Cairo, Illinois is surrounded by the flooding Ohio River, bottom, and Mississippi River, top, on Tuesday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used explosives to created a breach in the Birds Point levee with on Monday night. Officials hope breaching the levee would allow water to fill the floodway to relieve pressure and lower the flood levels upstream at Cairo and other communities. By Tuesday morning, the river was at 60.62 feet in Cairo and was expected to keep falling to 59.4 feet by Saturday. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Tuesday May 3, 2011--Ben Tatum, a geotechnical engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, strategically places sand bags delivered by members of the Illinois Army National Guard at the site of a sand boil they're trying mitigate near the levee on the north end of Cairo. Since breaching the Birds Point levee on Monday night river levels have fallen in Cairo, but the flood water is still high enough that officials are not allowing residents to return to their homes in Cairo. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Tuesday May 3, 2011-- Members of the Illinois Army National Guard unload sandbags at the site of a sand boil they're trying to mitigate near the levee on the north end of Cairo. Since breaching the Birds Point levee on Monday night river levels have fallen in Cairo, but the flood water is still high enough that officials are not allowing residents to return to their homes in Cairo. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Tuesday May 3, 2011-- Members of the Illinois Army National Guard unload sandbags at the site of a sand boil they're trying to mitigate near the levee on the north end of Cairo. Since breaching the Birds Point levee on Monday night river levels have fallen in Cairo, but the flood water is still high enough that officials are not allowing residents to return to their homes in Cairo. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Tuesday May 3, 2011--A German Shepard, Precious, guards a home in Cairo on Tuesday. His owner who decided to stay behind to watch over his and his neighbors property says she is a good watch dog. He also says they patrol the neighborhood at night to make sure no one steals anything when most of the town is evacuated. Water levels on the Ohio River, right, 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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Tuesday May 3, 2011--Keshia Box, left, and Jeremy Simpkins spend time in the Red Cross Shelter at Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Illinois on Tuesday. They pair, from Cairo, Illinois have been in the shelter for four days. I'd rather be at home right now in my own bed said Box. 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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Tuesday May 3, 2011--Jack Dixon, left, and his wife Doris Dixon rest in the Red Cross Shelter at Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Illinois on Tuesday. The pair evacuated from Cairo and were in good spirits. You can see things like this on television and think it could never be you, but it's just right around the corner said Jack Dixon. 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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Tuesday May 3, 2011--Danny Brown checks on the sump pump running in the basement of his home in Cairo on Tuesday. Brown said he had six feet of water in his basement. He decided to stay behind to watch over his and his neighbors property. Water levels on the Ohio River, right, 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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Tuesday May 3, 2011--Danny Brown washes his boot off with water from a sump pump running in the basement of his home in Cairo on Tuesday. Brown said he had six feet of water in his basement. He decided to stay behind to watch over his and his neighbors property. Water levels on the Ohio River, right, 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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Tuesday May 3, 2011--Water levels on the Ohio River, right, 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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Tuesday May 3, 2011--The streets of Cairo were mostly empty on Tuesday as a mandatory evacuation continued. Water levels on the Ohio River, right, 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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Tuesday May 3, 2011--A military truck was one of the few on the streets of Cairo on Tuesday as a mandatory evacuation continued. Water levels on the Ohio River, right, 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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Tuesday May 3, 2011--Inmates fill sandbags near the site of a sand boil officials are trying to mitigate near the levee on the north end of Cairo. Since breaching the Birds Point levee on Monday night river levels have fallen in Cairo, but the flood water is still high enough that officials are not allowing residents to return to their homes in Cairo. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Tuesday May 3, 2011--Water levels on the Ohio River, left, 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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Tuesday May 3, 2011--Cairo Mayor Tyrone Coleman, center, holds a press conference outside city hall in Cairo on Tuesday. Coleman took office less than 24 hours earlier. He had won the seat as mayor in an April 5th election and took office just Monday in the middle of the crisis. Water levels on the Ohio River, right, 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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Tuesday May 3, 2011--Sink holes big enough to swallow a car scar Commercial Avenue in Cairo on Tuesday. The sink holes have developed since the rivers started flooding. Water levels on the Ohio River, right, 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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Tuesday May 3, 2011--Water rushes through the breach in the Birds Point levee that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created with explosives on Monday night. Officials hope breaching the levee would allow water to fill the floodway to relieve pressure and lower the flood levels upstream at Cairo, Ill., and other communities. By Tuesday morning, the river was at 60.62 feet in Cairo and was expected to keep falling to 59.4 feet by Saturday. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Tuesday May 3, 2011--People came to the Missouri National Guard check point on state highway 80 outside of East Prairie to watch the water levels rise after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers blew a hole in the levee to activate the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. 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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Tuesday May 3, 2011--Water runs around a farm in the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created a breach in the levee with explosives on Monday night. Officials hoped breaching the levee would allow water to fill the floodway to relieve pressure and lower the flood levels upstream at Cairo, Ill., and other communities. By Tuesday morning, the river was at 60.62 feet in Cairo and was expected to keep falling to 59.4 feet by Saturday. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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