meteorologist allison chinchar, help us understand what is happening this week. the concern when you add more rain is stuff like this will start to continue? when we say that we mean more levee breaches and you can see them breaking in this video. you can tell exactly where that broke and that water is now flowing through where it shouldn t be. now you want to know what that looks like on a river gauge? let s take a look. you ll actually start to notice a dip in the river gauge. this is the arkansas river at dardnell. you see a sudden jump down. it s receding and this is fantastic. that is the levee breaking and all of that water is leaving the river and lowering it but pouring into the surrounding communities and towns that are there. here is the thing. it s not the only one. when you look at all of these river gauges and where they are cresting, yes, a couple of them will be today. but for some of these folks you re still looking at a crest
state has been on the levees because they are compromised because there s this record amount of water being sent down the arkansas river. we have already had a few levee breaches and a couple others are leaking. as this water continues making its way down south, some additional levees could breach, sending water into neighborhoods that normally wouldn t be flooded. a lot of folks on it especially with the way the forecast is starting to look this week. it is overwhelming, thank you. the fox extreme weather center. reporter: we are looking at a watershed with so much rain and flooding, the river flood gauges across the watershed, all those
weeks is all coming down stream so you can see how swift the water is moving back here. the arkansas river well out of its banks, typically it is over on the other side of those buildings but those buildings are now either totally submerged or partially submerged. the green roof you are looking at where you can see those whitecaps, that is a picnic area where on a saturday someone would be sitting with their family enjoying a picnic but it is now underwater just about. the raging arkansas river has built its banks in so many places inundating the local bayous and the levee system and all the things that are designed to protect communities from flooding but unfortunately we have had some levee breaches and there s concern that others could breach in the little rock area north and south of their where some are already leaking.
is devastating the midwest. levees are failing in northeast arkansas. we will have the governor on later this morning. the rising in mississippi and missouri rivers raising fears of levee breaches in missouri. we have sfhave cnn s dan simon missouri. hard hit when water comes over the levee. everybody knows it takes a long time to pump it back out, dan. reporter: chris, it has been a very difficult several days. this area has gotten pummeled by rain. the nearby merrimack river has spilled into the communities. you can see sand bags which people are using to keep the areas dry. the good news is you can see the water level behind me which is beginning to recede. you see some people actually have pumps out trying to get the water out. also, the sky is clear this
happens more gradually. we have the crest predicted which have day it s going to happen. people do have a little more time to get out. the problem is, is when water overtops levees, a levee breaches, things like that, that s when you re going to get the rushing water into some of these communities. i think they ve done a really good job of being on top of that and staying ahead of the game when it comes to that and trying to get people to higher ground and keeping them safe. unfortunately we have had more than a dozen deaths because of the flooding. just like christine and you guys were saying earlier, do not drive into high water. that s how a majority of these deaths happen. you have no idea how deep the water is. i just rolled up here. this could be two feet deep when it s more like 12 to 13 feet deep. you can imagine somebody rolling here and not realizing how deep it is. if you see standing water, avoid it if you can. jennifer grey we ll be calling on you frequently this morning