By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

Hamburg, Iowa is under the threat of flooding again.

The US Army Corps of Engineers completed a temporary levee to protect downtown Hamburg last night, but Colonel John Hudson, commander of the Omaha district, says the Missouri River is rising toward a projected crest that will put that levee to the test.

“So, the Ditch Six Levee overtops at 24 feet, we believe, and the latest forecast that just came out this morning, has (the) Nebraska City gauge at 23.5,” Hudson tells a Corps of Engineers’ conference call. “So, we’re right on the edge of whether it will re-inundate the lower end of Hamburg or not.”

Record rains and northern snowmelt has driven the Missouri River levels back up. Flooding in southwest Iowa closed I-29 and now threatens to flood Hamburg once again.