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Cairo residents allowed to return to pick up items

Posted: May 06, 2011 10:28 AM CDT

By Christy Hendricks

CAIRO, IL (KFVS) - Cairo residents who have evacuated the city are allowed to come back into town.

Mayor Tyrone Coleman says residents are allowed to come back into Cairo between 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day until further notice.

They can pick up medications, pets, clothes or whatever they may need and then must leave.

No one will be allowed in after 6 p.m.

From the Southeast Missourian...

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Cairo residents allowed inside city until 6 p.m.

Friday, May 6, 2011 ~ Updated 11:11 AM

Southeast Missourian

CAIRO, Ill. -- Early this morning Cairo Mayor Tyrone Coleman approved to allow Cairo residents into the city to check their personal belongings until 6 p.m. today.

A representative from the Cairo Police Department said residents may come in to check their homes, animals, drop off and pick up personal items. Residents will not be allowed to stay in the city past 6 p.m. tonight due to Ohio and Mississippi river flood water remaining at high levels with much pressure still on the levee systems.

Residents who chose not to evacuate had to sign a wavier with the city. About 100 people stayed in Cairo last week as the rivers bore down on the town before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers breached the Birds Point levee in Missouri Monday. The Ohio River has since dropped to 59.34 feet at 10 a.m. today, more than 2 feet lower than the record high Monday of 61.72.

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Evacuated Residents in Cairo Can Return...Briefly

Posted: Friday, May 6th

CAIRO - Residents in Cairo are now allowed to return home between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. each day. Mayor Tyrone Coleman made that declaration Friday.

Residents who have evacuated will be allowed to go home and pick up medications, pets, clothes, or any thing else they may need.