Cairo

Updated with Gov. Nixon's request for a disaster declaration.The decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to blast the levee at Birds Point appears to have…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 3, 2011 - Deploying a flood-control tool it had not used in 74 years, the Army Corps of Engineers…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is continuing to blow holes into agricultural levees to relieve rising floodwater on the town of Cairo, Ill. (See video…

Updated 1:23 p.m. May 3 with information about lawsuit:Via the Associated Press:A group of 25 southeast Missouri farmers is suing the federal government…

Updated 10:30 p.m. May 2:Around 10:15, the Army Corps of Engineers posted to its Facebook page that the first section of the levee had been…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 30, 2011 - The Ohio River is trying its hardest to infiltrate the city of Cairo, Ill. That much…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 30, 2011 - The Army Corps of Engineers has moved barges into place at the Birds Point-New…

Updated 12:29 p.m. April 29: Via the Associated Press:Missouri officials are appealing a federal judge's ruling that says the Army Corps of Engineers can…

Army Corps of Engineers to Decide on Levee Breach this WeekendThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will wait until this weekend to decide whether to punch a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 27, 2011 - On Jan. 25, 1937, an intentional blast breached a key levee in Missouri's Bootheel…