As floodwaters in northern Iowa and Illinois recede, riverfront towns downstream in both Illinois and Missouri are now fighting the high water, hoping that more than two dozen levees still in the path of the rising Mississippi River will hold.

Overnight, at least two more levees were breached, including one in the tiny town of Myer, Ill., where ABC's Ryan Owens says officials knew the river was coming up. "All 40 or 50 residents were safely evacuated," Owens said. Adams County Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Julie Shepard told The Associated Press, the new flooding at Meyer could swamp 30,000 acres, about 47 square miles of farmland.

Officials are still assessing the damage in Iowa, where flooding already has caused an estimated $1.5 billion in damage, sent tens of thousand from their homes and wiped out thousands of acres of crops. Economists predict Americans across the country will see the cost of food go up as a result of the flooding.

For most of the area, it's the worst flooding in 15 years, since the devastating 1993 floods.

Officials think that as the river crest moves towards St. Louis, the water levels will meet or exceed the 1993 record, when the river crested at more than 13 feet above flood stage. Record crests could also occur in other towns, officials say, including Canton, Mo., Quincy, Ill., and Hannibal, Mo.
ABC News: Levees Fail as Mississippi Floods Push South

I lived in the Quad Cities during the flood of "93"....best of wishes to all those affected!!

Have a good one!:thumbsup:
Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on . More Levees Fail as Mississippi Floods Move South As floodwaters in northern Iowa and Illinois recede, riverfront towns downstream in both Illinois and Missouri are now fighting the high water, hoping that more than two dozen levees still in the path of the rising Mississippi River will hold. Overnight, at least two more levees were breached, including one in the tiny town of Myer, Ill., where ABC's Ryan Owens says officials knew the river was coming up. "All 40 or 50 residents were safely evacuated," Owens said. Adams County Emergency Rating: 5