MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, MO (KFVS) -
Maj. General Michael Walsh, President of the Mississippi River Commission, says he has decided to operate the floodway project at Birds Point - New Madrid Floodway.
The Army Corps of Engineers will begin blasting at 9 p.m. Monday. The corps expects to see water flowing into the floodplain area around midnight.
There will be a five minutes horn blast warning and then a one minute warning before the blast
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They will work through the night, breaking another section of the levee in the southern part from 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. Tuesday. This would be a smaller outflow breach.
The final execution of the project will be in the upper portion between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday.
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They just blew the first levee at birds point. I saw it live feed. http://www.kfvs12.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?vt1=l&d1=0&ClipId1=mms%3A//a1820.l1185555873.c11855.n.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1820/11855/v0001/reflector%3A55873&LiveURI=mms%3A//a1820.l1185555873.c11855.n.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1820/11855/v0001/reflector%3A55873&h1=LIVE%20levee%20blast%20at%20Birds%20Point&at1=News%20-Livestream&LiveURITitle=LIVE%20levee%20blast%20at%20Birds%20Point&LaunchPageAdTag=News%20-Livestream&fvCatNo=undefined&secure=undefined&akPort=undefined&akProfile=undefined&rnd=44076651
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