Full-motion video-equipped aircraft assists in Missouri River rescue
 2011 FloodingSOUTH DAKOTA -- Emergency levees are protecting southeast South Dakota from the rising Missouri River, so far. On Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers increased water releases from Gavins Point Dam to 150,000 cubic feet per second. That additional water is expected to hit the Dakota Dunes area on Wednesday. A... KANSAS -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Region VII office continues to support state officials who are dealing with rising floodwaters along the Missouri River Basin in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska — which also is coping with floods along North Platte River. The message... SOUTH DAKOTA -- On the same day the water released from Oahe Dam was raised to 150,000 cubic feet per second, the Civil Air Patrol sent a plane up to take photos of the Pierre and Fort Pierre area. The new images show how much the Missouri River has spread... NEBRASKA -- Omaha’s local Civil Air Patrol composite squadron took flight on Wednesday to view flood levels. This is the fifth flight the squadron has made to take digital pictures of the flood progress. They give the photos to agencies like FEMA, the Douglas County Sheriff's Department and the U.S. Army... LOUISIANA -- Members of Civil Air Patrol’s Louisiana Wing have begun their third week of daily reconnaissance flights in support of various federal, state and local agencies. These flights are part of a response to flooding caused by extreme high water levels in the Mississippi River and in the Atchafalaya... SOUTH DAKOTA -- It’s been more than a week since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started releasing more water from the Oahe Dam along the Missouri River. In that time, water levels have gone up in the Pierre and Fort Pierre areas. Thanks to Civil Air Patrol photos, you... CALIFORNIA -- A 29-county drill designed to test California’s response and recovery to major flooding in its inland regions began Monday and will last until Thursday. Butte County’s turn is today in the imaginary scenario, which has spring rains and snow melts inundating much of the landscape between Bakersfield and... 30 flights, 1,800+ man-hours generated 100s of photos, full-motion video LOUISIANA -- Louisiana Wing members are assisting the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the Louisiana Army National Guard by providing high-resolution aerial photographs of the Morganza Spillway. CAP has been requested to provide still photography of the Interstate 10 basin area for any debris buildup and... WYOMING -- The State of Wyoming has approved Civil Air Patrol flights in Teton County so that local officials can monitor the Snake River and its tributaries and better plan for flood season, said Guy Cameron, director of the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security. The aerial reconnaissance is part of... KENTUCKY -- Some northern Kentucky members of the Civil Air Patrol are helping to monitor and document flooding along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers on the western end of the Bluegrass State. The Campbell County Composite Squadron is one of several units that contributed members to the ongoing operation in... INDIANA -- It was still raining Monday night and the flood threat for some communities is still very real. In New Harmony, they could see record breaking flooding. In Vanderburgh County, people are urged to remain on high alert. Civil Air Patrol 1st Lt. Lindsay Shipps urged Vanderburgh residents to... 6 squadrons assist with sandbagging, other responses MISSOURI -- Missouri National Guard members are being credited with helping save a herd of cattle threatened by Bootheel flooding. Guard members spotted the stranded cattle on a video taken by a Civil Air Patrol reconnaissance crew and saved 64 cattle and three horses valued at $100,000 from flooding near Charleston.... Flights conducted for 4th day over stricken counties INDIANA -- With floodwaters in Evansville and Vanderburgh County spreading to new neighborhoods along the rain-swollen Pigeon Creek, emergency officials took flight Thursday aboard St. Mary's LifeFlight to get a better picture of the situation. “The aerial view showed an overwhelmed system of creeks and of course the Ohio River, just... INDIANA -- Members of the River City, Jasper, Columbus, Weir Cook and Morgan County squadrons of Civil Air Patrol’s Indiana Wing are assisting with sandbagging efforts in Warrick and Vanderburgh counties due to historic flooding of the Ohio River and its tributaries. About 70,000 sandbags have been distributed this week... Squadrons' missions range from aerial imaging to filling sandbags 'We're all one team,' Landry tells hosts Aircrews provide aerial images for damage assessment, asset deployment NORTH DAKOTA -- High above the flooding in the Red River Valley, the North Dakota Civil Air Patrol is giving rides to a variety of state and federal government agencies. When they’re up, they are looking for washed out roads, bridges that have been swamped or have debris against them.... Tools
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