Mississippi Valley Division activates its flood fighting emergency management operations
The Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, fully activated its flood fighting emergency management operations for the Rock Island, St. Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg and New Orleans districts to manage rapidly rising water levels on the Mississippi River and several tributaries, with the highest Mississippi River levels since the Great Flood of 2011. Photo shows overtopping along Riverlands Way at the entrance to the Rivers Project Office in West Alton, Missouri.