LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION

SIOUX CITY---THE MISSOURI RIVER BOTTOM COULD BE 5 TO 7 FEET DEEPER THAN IT WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.

WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER GARY BROWN SAYS DATA FROM THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SERVICES SHOWS THE RIVER IS NOW WIDER AND DEEPER.

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

THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO DROP TO 150-THOUSAND BY NEXT MONTH.

BROWN SAYS ALL EMERGENCY STRUCTURES ARE HOLDING UP FINE, BUT HE DOES EXPECT TO LOSE A LEVEE OR TWO ALONG THE WAY.

BROWN SAYS SANDBAGS ARE HOLDING UP WELL AND HE EXPECTS THE SAND TO BE RECYCLED ON CITY STREETS THIS WINTER.

HE SAYS SAND CAN BE REUSED IN ALL PLACES, EXCEPT FOR CHILDREN'S SAND PILE AREAS, AS SOME CONTAMINANTS MAY REMAIN.

AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR THOSE DEALING WITH WATER IN THEIR HOMES WILL BE HELD JULY 27TH FROM 5 TO 6 P.M. AT THE FORMER CLARION BUILDING.

SIOUXLAND---THE WINNEBAGO TRIBE IS CONSIDERING THE RENTAL OF AN AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE TO BRING STAFF AND PATRONS TO WINNAVEGAS.

THE MISSOURI RIVER FLOOD HAS CLOSED THE ROAD LEADING FROM I-29 TO THE CASINO JUST EAST OF SLOAN.

WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER GARY BROWN SAYS THIS INVENTIVE IDEA COULD BRING 350 FOLKS BACK TO WORK AND GIVE SIOUXLANDERS A NEW TOURIST EXPERIENCE.

THE CASINO FLOOR IS HIGHER THAN THE WATER AND A BERM IS PROTECTING THE FACILITY.

SIMILAR VEHICLES WERE USED DURING THE 1952 FLOODS IN SIOUXLAND.