- The Arkansas River held steady at record levels Thursday, putting enormous pressure on aging levees and offering little relief to areas enduring historic flooding. Officials expected hundreds of homes to flood in Fort Smith, Arkansas’ second-largest city. Arkansas officials kept a watchful eye on a weakened levee in rural Crawford County on the western edge of the state. Lt. Col. Adam Weece said releases from the dam into the swollen river have fallen from a high of 275,000 cubic feet (7,787 cubic meters) per second Wednesday to 240,000 cubic feet (6,796 cubic meters) per second. It’s a gradual process,” Weece said, noting that the Corps plans to reduce flow to 100,000 cubic feet (2831 cubic meters) per second by Tuesday.

Source: thestar May 30, 2019 13:10 UTC