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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...The National Weather Service in Indianapolis IN has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Indiana...

Wabash River at Covington and Montezuma.

.Rainfall of one inch or more earlier this week is now expected to
take the Wabash River at Covington and Montezuma back into minor
flood briefly over the next couple of days. Crests are likely to be
less than one foot above flood stage in both locations, well below
levels experienced earlier this month.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/ind.

The next statement should be issued this evening by around 1100 PM
EDT.

&&

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Wabash River at Montezuma.

* WHEN...From this evening to Sunday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 14.0 feet, Several hundred acres of bottomlands along
the right bank from the mouth of Sugar Creek to northern edge of
Montezuma begin to flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:45 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 13.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late this evening to a crest of 14.8 feet tomorrow evening.
It will then fall below flood stage early Sunday morning.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

"That's a big amount." Several Wabash Valley communities receive COVID-19 relief money

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IL COVID RELIEF MONEY

CASEY & OLNEY, Ill. (WTHI)- The state of Illinois is distributing $371 million of Covid-19 relief money. 

One of the lucky grantees is the city of Casey. The state awarded the city $356,541.79. The city's mayor knows exactly where that money is going. 

"We're going to use the largest part of the money to eliminate some of the problems we had with our sewer and our water and our drainage system," Mayor Michael Nichols said. 

Nichols said issues with these systems have created standing water and backup problems in parts of the city. The remaining amount will be invested in reviving parts of the downtown area. 

Similar plans are in store for the City of Olney. Mayor Mark Lambird said the city's downtown is in need of repairs too. 

"When you drive down the main street of Olney," he said. "You're driving over about a 125-year-old storm sewer and it was made out of brick and it needs to be replaced because one of these days it will fail." 

Olney received $1,180,398.25 to aid in the completion of this project. Lambird said that once repaired, the sewer system should last another 50 years. 

Both mayors said they're excited and thankful for this extra funding from the state. 

"I'm fairly excited about the direction Olney's going," Lambird said. "I think looking back at some of the fears I might've had personally going into this pandemic. I think Olney has weathered the storm fairly well." 

"You know no bigger than we are," Nichols said. "It's hard to get enough grant money to basically do these projects. We can't just generate it. This COVID relief money, that's a big amount." 

Here's a list of other Wabash Valley Communities that received grants: 

Edgar county

Brocton Village, $39,872.79

Chrisman City, $172,147.09

Kansas Village, $97,844.87

Metcalf vVllage, $23,270.48

Paris City, $1,127,461.32

Redmon Village, $21,501.37

Vermilion Village, $27,489.09

Richland county

Calhoun Village, $22,590.06

Noble Village, $87,230.26

Olney City, $1,180,398.25

Clark county

Casey City, $356,541.79

Crawford county

Flat Rock Village, $41,777.99

Hutsonville Village, $71,036.18

Palestine Village, $173,235.76

Robinson City, $998,997.42

Anchor/Multimedia Journalist/Producer

Caitlin is a multimedia journalist/producer for WTHI-TV. Have a story tip or idea? Contact her! Email: Caitlin.Hunt@wthitv.com.

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