Flood of 2011 - Westport Illinois

Ed Brumley, and his daughter, Shannon, shoot a video from the Lincoln Memorial Bridge, at Vincennes Indiana, overlooking the flooded Wabash River. Authorities have reported at 7:18 AM today (5-3-2011) that the levee broke were the Embarrass River empties into the Wabash River. Over the next 24 hours the water will backup into Westport Illinois and inundate the few remaining businesses that returned after the devastating flood of 2008.
The Lawrenceville Daily Record newspaper stated in tonight's paper, "National Weather Service observer for Lawrence County, Doug Nuttall, reported another .82 inches of rain between 6 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. today. Nuttall said the total rainfall for the area since April 10 is now at 15.92."

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