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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   May 1, 2009

No. 09-041

KANSAS EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER COORDINATES MORE SANDBAG REQUESTS

Sedgwick County is now among the South Central Kansas counties requesting sandbags to hold back flood waters. County officials asked for 100,000 sandbags through the Kansas Division of Emergency Management. The sandbags will be obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Fall River Lake, southeast of Eureka in Greenwood County.

Earlier, Butler County requested 100,000 sandbags; 50,000 of those bags went to the city of Augusta, while the remaining went to the county.  Harper County requested and received 6,000 sandbags.

The Kansas Division of Emergency Management is continuing to coordinate operations related to the recent storms and flooding that have plagued South Central and Southeastern portions of the state. The State Emergency Operations Center remains partially activated and is staffed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

As of 8 a.m. on May 1, only the southeast region of the state continued to be under flood watches or warnings. The 23 counties still under flood advisories are:

• Flash Flood Warning and Flood Watch – Bourbon, Crawford and Cherokee
• Flash Flood Watch and Flood Watch – Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Neosho, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner and Wilson
• Flood Warning – Coffey, Linn, Lyon, Miami and Montgomery
• Flash Flood Warning – Labette

The Kansas Department of Transportation lists only one highway closed due to flooding. K-152 in Linn County is closed west of La Cygne. Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes.

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