has details. a swollen missouri river reaching a levy, with rapid ice waters approaching homes, the order for the evacuation. i ve been with the district since 93 and we ve never had water like this. seems like we get a 100 year flood a few years anymore. watson missouri was inundated. i don t know if watson is going to be a town anymore for there is like, four houses that happen to be higher than the rest of the town. everybody else has got water. in addition to emergency food operations, attempting to mitigate damage to livestock. ch 47 chinook helicopters were loaded up with hay which airdropped with cattle stranded by flood waters grain and corn farmer storing to use as feed got wet, expanded, and burst the bands in which they were stored. cattle losses are estimated at $400 million. road, levees, and other