Posted March 15, 2019 11:29am
(KLZA)-- Holt County Commissioners have ordered a mandatory evacuation of Big Lake, Missouri.
According to Presiding Commissioner Tom Bullock, who also serves as Emergency Management Director, there had been no levee breaks reported, but water was coming over the top of a levee protecting Big Lake.
A State of Emergency for Holt County was issued Thursday afternoon.
There are no reports of levee breaks in Atchison County, Missouri but water from the Missouri River is beginning to overtop the levees according to Atchison County Emergency Management.