Rivers often make cities and even civilization possible also bring death and destruction. This cycle of life and destruction has been so since civilization began.
The actions of the army corps releasing water to prevent flooding is being blamed for floods in some areas now
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Crews were making a "last ditch effort" on Saturday to save low-lying parts of a small Arkansas city from floodwaters pouring through a breached levee, as authorities downstream were warning people to leave a neighborhood that sits across the swollen river from the state capital.
The Arkansas River, which has been flooding communities for more than a week, tore a 40-foot (12-meter) hole Friday in a levee in Dardanelle, a city of about 4,700 people roughly 100 miles (160 kilometers) upstream from Little Rock.
On Saturday, Mayor Jimmy Witt said officials don't believe that a temporary levee being constructed will stop the water from flooding the south side of Dardanelle, but he hopes it will buy time for residents of up to 800 threatened homes to prepare.
The actions of the army corps releasing water to prevent flooding is being blamed for floods in some areas now