LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION

SIOUX CITY---THE MISSOURI RIVER IN SIOUX CITY SITS AT 34.36 FEET AND IS EXPECTED TO SETTLE THERE FOR A SHORT WHILE.

EVEN WITH THAT NEWS, WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER GARY BROWN SAYS THE FLOOD FIGHT CONTINUES.

HE SAYS FLOYD, BIG SIOUX AND LITTLE SIOUX LEVEES ARE HOLDING AND TEMPORARY LEVEES ARE BEING MAINTAINED.

BROWN SAYS THE 185TH AIR GUARD WILL BE PULLED OFF OF BIG SIOUX LEVEE PATROL AND MAINTENANCE AS OF SATURDAY.

THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE TAKEN OVER BY LOCAL POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS.

BROWN SAYS THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF RESOURCES MONITORING THE LEVEES FROM A SECURITY AND SAFETY STANDPOINT, SAYING JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE A PRESENCE THERE, DON'T ASSUME NO ONE IS WATCHING.

SIOUX CITY---FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND ARE AFFECTED BY THE MISSOURI RIVER FLOOD IN WOODBURY COUNTY ALONE.

EMERGENCY MANAGER GARY BROWN SAYS A UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL DECLARATION IS IN THE WORKS TO ASSIST AREA FARMERS.

SINCE THE FLOOD IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH LATE SUMMER/EARLY FALL, THOSE FIELDS UNDER WATER WILL NOT PRODUCE CROPS THIS YEAR.

BROWN SAYS THE WATER MAY HAVE TO BE RE-PUMPED INTO THE MISSOURI.

TO FIND OUT WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU, CALL 211.

SIOUX CITY---AS THE MISSOURI RIVER SITS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT 34.36 FEET, TREES ARE BEGINNING TO FALL ALONG THE RIVERFRONT IN SIOUX CITY.

WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER GARY BROWN SAYS THIS MAKES THE RIVERFRONT EVEN MORE DANGEROUS THAN BEFORE.

THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CONTINUES TO RELEASE WATER FROM GAVINS POINT DAM AT A RATE OF 160-THOUSAND CUBIC FEET PER SECOND.

BROWN SAYS THAT NUMBER IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE CHANGED ANYTIME SOON.