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Out of the past: Oct. 22 (10/21/23)Cape Girardeau has been given the go-ahead to begin work through a state grant aimed at renovating homes in South Cape; in April 1997, the city was awarded a $446,300 community development block grant for the Jefferson-Shawnee Parkway Neighborhood Restoration Project to upgrade 31 or 32 homes; but work was stalled while staff members and members of the state historic-preservation office debated how to handle potentially historic homes in the area...
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After the breach: Three years later, signs of damage remain in Bootheel counties (6/12/14)Mississippi County today shows acres of golden wheat with stubby green corn stalks and soybean sprouts making their way through the earth. Just three years ago, the scene was drastically different, as Mississippi River floodwaters ravaged the fields, leaving behind destroyed land, empty homes and rubble for roads... -
Appraisals begin on flood buyout properties in Illinois (9/26/13)OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Two years after Alexander County, Ill., applied for a federal grant to buy out about 135 flood-prone homes and businesses, appraisers have begun establishing what those structures were worth before the Mississippi River overflowed its banks and inundated them... -
Army Corps: 2011 flood tested system like no flood ever before (2/26/13)MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Mississippi River flooding of 2011 caused $2.8 billion in damage and tested the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' system of levees, reservoirs and floodways like never before, exposing vulnerabilities that need attention, a report released Monday said... -
Birds Point-New Madrid levee repair contracts awarded (8/6/12)Restoration of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' flood risk management system is moving along quickly through the summer in Missouri and Kentucky. The corps awarded contracts Tuesday for repair of the lower crevasse in the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway levee in New Madrid County, Mo., and the installation of 112 relief wells and associated drainage work in Fulton County, Ky...
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2011 Flood: A year later, May 2 (5/2/12)On this day, May 2 Cape river level: 46.2 feet Cape flood stage: 32 feet Cairo river level: 61.05 feet Cairo flood stage: 40 feet Rainfall: 1.44 inches The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers exploded a large section of the Birds Point levee just after 10 p.m. ...
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2011 Flood: A year later, May 1 (5/1/12)On this day, May 1 Cape river level: 45.9 feet Cape flood stage: 32 feet Cairo river level: 59.73 feet Cairo flood stage: 40 feet Rainfall: 2.79 inches Fifteen roads in Cape Girardeau were closed. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block federal officials from breaching the Birds Point levee. The court refused to halt the plans...
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2011 Flood: A Year Later, April 30 (4/30/12)On this day, April 30 Cape river level: 45.2 feet Cape flood stage: 32 feet Cairo river level: 59.15 feet Cairo flood stage: 40 feet Rainfall: 1.49 inches Just 3 inches shy of the record crest, Cairo, Ill.,'s mayor orders everyone in the city to leave by midnight. ...
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2011 Flood: A Year Later, April 29 (4/29/12)On this day, April 29 Cape river level: 45.3 feet Cape flood stage: 32 feet Cairo river level: 59.00 feet Cairo flood stage: 40 feet Rainfall: 0 U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to breach the Birds Point levee was appropriate. ...
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2011 Flood: A year later, April 26 (4/26/12)On this day, April 26 Cape river level: 42.3 feet Cape flood stage: 32 feet Cairo river level: 56.53 feet Cairo flood stage: 40 feet Rainfall: 1.93 inches The Corps delayed the decision to intentionally breach Birds Point. "I don't want anybody blowing up any levees in my state," Gov. Jay Nixon announced. Cairo's mayor asked for voluntary evacuation of the city. A shelter for pets was opened in Arena Park. Meanwhile, another 2 inches of rain was expected...
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2011 Flood: A year later, April 25 (4/25/12)On this day, April 25 Cape river level: 40.3 Cape flood stage: 32 feet Cairo river level: 54.60 Cairo flood stage: 40 feet Rainfall: 4.69 Several more roads in Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Perry and Scott counties were closed due to flooding. ...
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2011 Flood: A year later, April 24 (4/24/12)On this day, April 24 Cape river level: 38.1 feet Cape flood stage: 32 feet Cairo river level: 52.45 feet Cairo flood stage: 40 feet Rainfall: 3.6 inches Additional personnel were assigned to field offices in Cape Girardeau and Dyersburg, Tenn., as more U.S. ...
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2011 Flood: A year later, April 23 (4/23/12)On this day, April 23 Cape river level: 35.3 feet Cape flood stage: 32 feet Cairo river level: 51 feet Cairo flood stage: 40 feet Rainfall: 3.10 inches Crest predictions along the Mississippi River and other waterways were on the rise. The crest at Cape Girardeau, originally set at just a few feet above flood stage, was revised to just short of 42 feet, nearly 10 feet above flood stage. The Way of the Cross was moved inside due to rainy weather...
