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A small unit of Mounted Police patrolled parts of the Somerset Levels after reports of items, including heating oil and quad bikes being stolen from the homes of flood victims on 3 February. [ 55 ] An earth bank at Huntworth was hastily built, connecting the canal bank to the railway embankment and the embankment to the river wall.
Belleville Fire Department boat is requested to assist, according to the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency. Update at 11:13 a.m.: All occupants are out of the vehicle.
The flooding caused a river gauge in London Mills to be disabled, and flooding along the Illinois River stemming from the April floods continued into the next month. [43] The La Moine River crested to a record 32.54 feet (9.92 m) in Ripley on April 21, and the river did not subside below flood levels until April 26. [ 44 ]
Illinois State Police Trooper Joshua Robinson said in a statement that District 11 troopers responded to about 25 traffic crashes and assisted 27 drivers from midnight to 1:36 p.m. Tuesday in the ...
The same day two levees broke near the town of Keithsburg, Illinois, flooding the entire town. [2] On the morning of June 15, a levee along the Mississippi River in the town of Gulfport failed, flooding most of the town. Two more levees were breached by flood waters in western Illinois on June 18.
SOMERSET ― The National Weather Service in State College has issued a Flood Watch for Somerset County until 7 p.m. Tuesday due to heavy rain occurring overnight and more expected throughout the day.
This, combined with additional rainfall and flooding on July 28, led to a state of emergency being declared by Governor Jim Justice for six counties: Mingo, McDowell, Fayette, Greenbrier, Logan, and Wyoming. [45] Partly as a result of the flooding, Huntington, West Virginia recorded their wettest July on record with 9.41 in (239 mm) of rain. [46]
The East St. Louis Fire Department responded to the 4900 block of State Street for a water rescue, the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency reported. 4:10 p.m. Flash flood warning