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Hark: River's rise no cause for alarm
3/24/93
By: Bev Darr
Courier-Post Staff Writer
The Mississippi River rose 2.68 feet in 24 hours Tuesday and early today
in Hannibal but is still below the 16foot flood stage. It was measured at
15.63 feet at 5 a.m. today by city officials.
Twenty years ago today, the river was just over 20 feet, on its way to
the "Great Flood of '73" record of 28.5 feet in mid-April.
Today the river is not high enough to need the protection of the cityıs
new flood levee, according to John Hark, director of emergency management in
Hannibal and Marion County.
His manual states the flood gates across four streets will be prepared
to be installed if the river reaches 18.6 feet.
Hark will not take any action until learning the crest prediction from
the National Weather Service in St. Louis later today.
If necessary, the flood gates will be moved from storage and taken to
the four streets where they have installation sites.
On March 7 the river rose to 19.5 feet and the gates were moved to the
streets, Hark said, but the river did not rise high enough for the gates to
be installed.
Hark explained that the river rising to today's level will common. He
said the gates will be moved to the streets much more often than they will
need to be installed.
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