Flooding Closes Missouri County FSA Office

 
The Pemiscot County, Mo., Farm Service Agency office closed yesterday due to flooding that has plagued the eastern part of Missouri and threatens to spread through eastern Arkansas and the Tennessee and Ohio valleys. According to County Executive Director Michael Blankenship, all critical files have been moved and all computer equipment will be moved if officials decide to evacuate the area. The Army Corps of Engineers on Monday blew up levees in Missouri along the Mississippi River to ease some of the flooding. The blasts will produce holes in the levees in order to save several towns; however, the broken levees also may flood more than 100,000 acres of the state’s farmland. More rain is expected to hit the Midwest region this week. (Related articles: ABC News, OzarksFirst).