FLOOD MAPS SAME AS BEFORE

SIOUX CITY---JUST AS EXPECTED, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS INUNDATION MAPS OF 160-THOUSAND SQUARE FEET PER SECOND ARE SIMILAR TO THEIR ORIGINAL ESTIMATES.

WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER GARY BROWN RECEIVED THE NEW MAPS WEDNESDAY.

HE SAYS ALL LEVEES WERE BUILT TO A LEVEL OF 35 TO 37 FEET AND THE RIVER IS RUNNING BELOW THAT.

BROWN SAYS WE'RE GONNA KEEP FIGHTING THIS BATTLE ALL SUMMER.

THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS CURRENTLY RELEASING WATER FROM GAVINS POINT DAM AT A RATE OF 160-THOUSAND CUBIC FEET PER SECOND.

BROWN SAYS THE LEVEES STILL STAND.

BROWN REMINDS YOU TO VIEW THE RIVER FROM A HILLTOP AND NOT WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE INTERSTATE.